Loew: Spain Have Much "Messi"

ERASMIA - Germany coach Joachim Loew believes his team need to work hard to beat Spain on Wednesday (07/07/2010). Because, he says, "Matador" has a lot of quality players.

The semi-finals later on is the final test match of Euro 2008 where Spain defeated Germany 1-0. Most of the players who played in the European Cup was re-appear in South Africa, a kind, Xabi Alonso, Fernando Torres, David Villa, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta.


Tiki-taka style of "La Furia Roja" act out even more powerful. Therefore, there is great confidence in Spain could be the first time won the World Cup this time.

While Germany should not be taken lightly. Why not, though strengthened the young players, "Der Panzer" always managed to grind out tough teams like England (4-1) and Argentina (4-0). For this reason, the troops are believed to Joachim Loew can destroy Spain.

Loew did not deny, its current squad is the best. Nevertheless, he considered not an easy matter for his team to destroy the Matador.

"It's not about revenge in the European Cup. Spain is the best team in this tournament. Now the situation is different, we were better than our appearance at Euro 2008 then. We have a chance to win this game," he explained.

"Personally, I think Spanish is the favored team in this tournament. In the last two or three years, they are very consistent. They always win the important matches," he explained.

"They not only have one player like Messi, who can make a difference in the field. They're a team that did not make many mistakes, much better than England and Argentina. They were very organized. They are fairly well balanced in attack and defense. They are a great team, "compression.

Loew also believes his team will be wary of Xavi and Iniesta in action later. For him, the two players represents the spirit of the game Spain. Still, Loew said his team has prepared a strategy to stifle the second quarterback.

"Spain played very effectively. They play with not much energy to spend. They have been playing quite a while in Barcelona. That's what makes them different," he said.

"However, we are better than them and will hit them like we would do to Messi. That will be the key to the match," conclusion. (AFP)

source : worldcup.kompas.com