Football in this country, especially the national team, means a lot to them. If the national team is not doing well, people -- I'll go as far as to say they have less confidence and they don't believe in Germany anymore. It's tightly knit. Politics and soccer, they're close. |
It's a big deal to these people. They take it very seriously, as they should, and things haven't gone well the past year and a half. |
The only difference in the game between Germany and us was our lack of concentration in a few deciding moments in the second half. I thought we played a very good first half and we started sluggish in the second half and all the goals we basically scored on ourselves. We gave them a few gifts tonight. |
The whole matter will be decided within the next three to four weeks as I want to have things settled before the World Cup. |
Unfortunately I can't celebrate because we lost. It's sort of ironic that I scored against the guys I play against week in and week out. |
We lost our organization. We were not concentrating when you have to be on your toes. The first half we played very well and we had them under control. |
When everyone's fit, we're better, obviously. But I think everyone who stepped on the field today proved that in the first half they deserve a spot on the roster. If we were able to play that way for 90 minutes, we could make the case a little better. It's difficult to think about who's missing, because you have to think about who's here and have to make the best out of who's here. |