The German international has admitted that the opposition can be bitter on the counter and insists that his side needs to be cautious in their approach.
Die Nationalelf have lived up to the expectations of their fans as they reached the quarter-final of the European championship, winning all three games in the group stages. The team defeated the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884 in the ‘Group of Death’ and are now the favourites to go all the way.
Joachim Low’s men will now take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mats-Hummels-c24767 is of the view that the match will not be a walk in the park for his side and warned his teammates against any complacency. The player insisted that the Greeks play with a brilliant tactical plan and know how to frustrate the opposition.
The Borussia Dortmund man admitted that his side will certainly have more of the possession but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 must keep the focus and should go out with a thorough game plan.
“It depends on how you approach teams like this. We're naturally going to have more of the possession and it is important to be clinical with the few chances we will create against a team that sits so deep. The difficult thing will be not to be caught on the counterattack and we have to be careful on set pieces as well,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
The Bundesliga winning defender added that Die Mannschaft must be wary of the opposition’s counter-attacking strategy and insisted that the team should improve in attack to create even more chances.
“Results wise we are doing well but there are still things we can improve on from an individual perspective which we are hoping to see in our game against Greece,” he concluded.
If Germany are victorious, they will take on the winner of the England-Italy quarter-final in the last four encounter. There are chances of a repeat of the Euro 2008 final as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899.
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