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Germany Euro 2012 profile: Review of Germany National Team.
How Germany qualified for Euro 2012
It seemed all too smooth for the Germans who won all their 10 games with an average of 3.4 goals scored per game. In their first home qualifier, they trounced Azerbaijan 6-1 at the delight of the crowd. Klose, whose lone goal against Belgium made the difference on Matchday 1, clinched his second and third goals of the campaign.
Later, Germany hosted bitter Turkey in Berlin. In-form striker Miroslav Klose hit a brace and Mesut Ozil added a goal in between to round up Turkey’s 3-0 loss and silence the traveling fans. The German side made no error against Kazakhstan in the next two rounds of qualifiers as they beat them emphatically home and away.
Real Madrid vs Real Zaragoza Report
Jose Mourinho offered Pepe yet another spot in Real Madrid’s starting XI. The Portuguese defender partnered with Carvalho and Hamit Altintop at the back whereas Granero and Xabi Alonso featured as defensive midfielders in the 4-2-3-1 formation. Kaka and Mesut Özil joined Cristiano Ronaldo in attack as Karim Benzema led the line as a lone striker.The first great chance of the match fell to Karim Benzema inside the 6th minute. Cristiano Ronaldo set up the Frenchman who headed the ball into the wrong direction from 4 yards. Despite having little ball possession, Real Zaragoza broke the deadlock at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Xabi Alonso backs Real Madrid’s Özil-Kaka midfield combination
The Spaniard talked to the press on Thursday during the presentation of FIFA 12.“Using [Mesut] Ozil and Kaka together gives us many options and considerable mobility. The manager opted for this against Ajax and it gave us very good results,” Xabi Alonso said before adding:
“It was a game of control and we played a straightforward style within which I felt very comfortable.”
After going through an unfortunate run away to Levante and Racing Santander, Real Madrid bounced back with an incredible 6-2 victory over Rayo Vallecano at the Santiago Bernabeu. They followed up this great result with a 3-0 defeat of Ajax in the UEFA Champions League.
In quotes—Opinion and truth on Mourinho & the Barcelona vs Real Madrid brawl
Jose Mourinho has always been known as a controversial and outspoken person, but his behavior during the 2011 Supercopa de España against Barcelona has got most people—if not everyone—making negative comments about him.
Refusing to communicate with the media a couple of days before the Spanish Super Cup’s second leg match is not what got the public angry. Aitor Karanka took charge of expressing Real Madrid’s views ahead of their Barcelona clash and this issue didn’t cause trouble in the news.
What shocked the public was Jose Mourinho’s terrible attitude during the injury time brawl between Barcelona and Real Madrid’s players and bench at the Camp Nou. The public’s attention was on all the players involved in the clash until Jose Mourinho came up to produce a strange attack on Barcelona’s assistant coach Tito Vilanova.
Atletico Madrid Vs Real Madrid: Ozil Convinced On Title Glory
As Atletico Madrid get ready to host Real Madrid tonight, Mesut Ozil has spoken about Real Madrid's title chances by insisting that they have the ability to beat Barcelona and wrestle the title away from the Catalans. While he was quick enough to admit that Barcelona are a class above the rest, Ozil believes that Madrid are a young team that will continue to evolve."You can tell they [Barcelona] have been playing together for several years,'' the youngster told Spanish publication, Marca.
''We have a young team with great potential. We are on track to continue to evolve, that's what we're doing. With every game we get better and stronger. I am convinced that we can put on a great performance and win against Barcelona.
Champions League: Can Mesut Ozil-less Werder Bremen Overcome Sampdoria?
Now as many may think that the German club have just committed suicide, Werder Bremen could prove otherwise on Wednesday night when they take on Italy’s Sampdoria in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off. The general manager of the Bundesliga side, Klaus Allofs, declared a few days ago:
“We will be focusing on sporting matters. We won’t be giving consideration to potential transfer issues. Against Sampdoria, we will play with our strongest team.”