Loew Kecewa Meski Schurrle dan Ozil Selamatkan Jerman ke 8 Besar

Schurrle and Ozil Book Quarter-final Against France

Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi


Loew Kecewa Meski Schurrle dan Ozil Selamatkan Jerman ke 8 Besar
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Porto Allegre (B2B) - Joachim Loew menegaskan Jerman harus meningkatkan permainannya untuk laga perempat final melawan Prancis Jumat waktu setempat setelah tampil di bawah standard dengan harus menang 2-1 melalui perpanjangan waktu, atas Aljazair pada babak 16 besar.

Gol Andre Schuerrle dan Mesut Ozil mengantarkan juara dunia tiga kali itu ke babak delapan besar, untuk menghadapi tim asuhan Didier Deschamps Prancis di Stadion Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.

Namun Loew menggarisbawahi penyelesaian dan pertahanan timnya yang buruk saat melawan Aljazair.

"Kami harus lebih baik untuk pertandingan melawan Prancis," aku orang Jerman berusia 54 tahun ini.

"Hari ini adalah kemenangan hasrat. Selama babak pertama kami bermain buruk, kami sering memberi bola kepada lawan dengan begitu saja, yang mengundang Aljazair menyerang balik kami," kata Loew.

Gelandang Chelsea Schuerrle membawa Jerman unggul pada menit 92 setelah diturunkan menggantikan Mario Goetze yang tidak efektif pada babak pertama.

"Kami lebih suka menang pada 90 menit, tetapi Aljazair bermain bagus," kata Schuerrle. "Kami tak peduli bagaimana kami memenangkannya, yang penting kami berada di perempat final."

Loew juga memuji penjaga gawang Manuel Neuer atas penampilan menawannya yang berulang kali memotong serangan Aljazair sampai Abdelmoumene Djabou menciptakan gol hiburan untuk Aljazair.

"Neuer bermain luar biasa, dia tidak hanya melakukan banyak penyelamatan, namun juga terus memotong suplai bola jauh ke daerahnya dan mengatasinya dengan baik," kata Loew.

"Dia sering ke luar kotak dan melakukan satu penyelamatan hebat ketika Aljazair bernafsu menciptakan gol," katanya lagi.

Porto Allegre - Joachim Loew insists Germany must improve for Friday's World Cup quarter-final against France after a below-par performance in their 2-1 extra-time win over Algeria in the last 16.

Late goals by Andre Schuerrle and Mesut Ozil sealed victory in Porto Alegre on Monday to put three-time winners Germany into the last eight.

Didier Deschamps' France lie in wait at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium, but Loew says his side must remedy their poor finishing and defensive errors against Algeria.

"We must be better for the match against the French," admitted the 54-year-old Germany head coach.

"Today was a victory of the will. During the first half we were poor, we gave away a lot of ball, which invited Algeria to counter-attack us."

Chelsea winger Schuerrle put the Germans ahead with a deft 92nd-minute flick to reward his impressive display off the bench after replacing the ineffective Mario Goetze at half-time.

"We'd have prefered to win in 90 minutes, but the Algerians did a good job," said Schuerrle. "We don't care how we did it, the main thing is we're in the quarter-finals."

Loew also singled out Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer for an impressive display to repeatedly thwart Algeria's attacks until Abdelmoumene Djabou claimed a late consolation goal.

"Neuer had an extraordinary game, he didn't just have to pull off a lot of saves, but he kept cutting out their long passes into his area and dealt well with them," said Loew.

"He came out a lot and had a great save right at the end when Algeria were desperate for a goal."