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DFB player Müller (left), Rüdiger: "You can feel a little euphoria like that"
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Christof Stache / dpa
Read the reactions to the second European Championship group game of the German national soccer team.
A match report for the duel against Portugal can be found here.
National
coach
Joachim Löw
:
“All in all, it was a class performance.
Great attitude, great morale.
We have rightly won by this amount.
There was a lot of speed in the actions right from the start.
I expected that we could do better today at the things we didn't do so well against France.
Gosens played a really good game.
He broadcasted Torgefahr.
That's what we need. "
Robin Gosens
:
»It feels unreal.
It couldn't be more beautiful.
You couldn't ask for more.
I think that's what the coach set me up for, so that I can bring in my offensive strength.
The boys were looking for me, so of course I'm very happy about that. "
Thomas Müller
:
»The mood at international matches is not that euphoric. But when you have such good offensive scenes, the kettle boils. But we also improved a few things. We saw a lot of good things playfully and ahead. Now we have the three points that we absolutely needed. Now we can't go too far, we've seen the Hungarians. You can feel a little euphoria like that, but we also have to remain objective. I think we performed well overall. "
Kai Havertz
:
“We can be satisfied with the performance for now, just like with the win. I'm happy with the goal, of course, but the cool manner is more like my style of play. It was important for us not to throw everything overboard after losing the game against France, but to stick to our line. We trust the trainer, we trust the system. So we're happy to have won the game today. Hungary are a defensively strong team that do everything in their power not to concede a goal. Every opponent is strong at the European Championship. "
Fernando Santos (Portugal coach):
»It's my responsibility. I wanted to play like that. We already had an advantage in midfield, but the Germans managed to break free from difficult situations again and again. By and large, my players tried everything. But playing against Germany is just difficult. They only committed two fouls in the first half. We had problems with possession. Germany was the better team. "
João Moutinho:
»It's a result that we didn't want.
Sometimes we couldn't defend ourselves against Germany's superiority, but we have to take the positive things from this game with us.
Germany has a great team and a lot of good players.
We couldn't get rid of the pressure, but then we did better.
We made it 2: 4 and still had a shot from the post. "
Renato Sanches
:
“We also had scoring chances, like them.
It was a game between two big teams.
The result speaks for itself, but I think we had a chance to shorten it. "
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