Football: ‘Bayern failure could harm Euro hopes’
Loew has expressed his concern about the impact that a defeat for Bayern Munich in Saturday’s Champions League final.
BERLIN:
Germany boss Joachim Loew has expressed his concern about the impact that a defeat for Bayern Munich in Saturday’s Champions League final against Chelsea could have on his players at this summer’s European Championships. Loew has included eight members from the Bavarian giants – Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Holger Badstuber, Jerome Boateng, Thomas Mueller, Toni Kroos and Mario Gomez – in his provisional squad for Euro 2012. He conceded that ‘after the failures in the league and German Cup, a defeat in the Champions League at their own stadium would be a tough blow’. “The disappointment would be huge and I think I would give them two or three additional days of rest to clear their heads and digest the situation,” Loew added.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 16th, 2012.
Germany boss Joachim Loew has expressed his concern about the impact that a defeat for Bayern Munich in Saturday’s Champions League final against Chelsea could have on his players at this summer’s European Championships. Loew has included eight members from the Bavarian giants – Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Holger Badstuber, Jerome Boateng, Thomas Mueller, Toni Kroos and Mario Gomez – in his provisional squad for Euro 2012. He conceded that ‘after the failures in the league and German Cup, a defeat in the Champions League at their own stadium would be a tough blow’. “The disappointment would be huge and I think I would give them two or three additional days of rest to clear their heads and digest the situation,” Loew added.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 16th, 2012.