Since being
crowned World Champions in Brazil, Germany have seen a massive dip in form
seeing them lying only second in Euro 2016 qualifying group D, behind a
confident Polish side.
The
retirements of key figures Philip Lahm, Klose and Mertesacker are a loss but
with the strength the Germans posses they would have expected to top their
current group with relative ease but so far that is not going to plan.
In a matter
of months the Germans have gone from ripping Brazil apart in the World Cup
semi-final to losing 2-0 to Poland and only drawing at home to the Republic of
Ireland.
Considering
Germany defeated the Republic of Ireland 6-1 in Ireland’s Aviva stadium in the
World Cup qualifying campaign and can now only draw with them at home must be a
worry for the Germans.
In their
last fixture Germany only managed to score 4 goals, one was an own-goal, at
home to group whipping boys Gibraltar, while Ireland and Poland both scored 7
when faced with the newly established team.
After the
Gibraltar game the Germans even received some jeers from their supporters
acknowledging the poor performances from their side as of late.
'I think
there were a lot of award ceremonies and celebrations….Now we need to get all
of this out of our heads at the end of this World Cup year, draw a line and
prepare properly for our next tournament.' Joachim Low said after the Gibraltar
game.
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