Joachim Low explains why England have more chance to win Euro 2020 than Germany
Die Mannschaft are top of Group C ahead of the Netherlands but already assured of their place next summer
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Your support makes all the difference.Joachim Low insists Germany are not among the favourites for Euro 2020.
Die Mannschaft are top of Group C ahead of the Netherlands and have already secured their place at next summer’s tournament.
But the head coach has low expectations, claiming the likes of England, Spain, France, Italy and Belgium are ahead of them.
“I think, we can be satisfied with the year,” Low remarked.
“When it comes to the development as a whole, there are surely other nations who are ahead of us. England, Spain, France, Italy, Belgium – those teams had been forced into a big transformation before, because during the last big tournaments, like England for example, they exited early a few times.
“Therefore, those teams have been playing together for three, four years now. The same goes for Netherlands, who have had a well-adjusted team for three, four years.
“That’s not the case for us at the moment, which is why I don’t see us as the favourites for this tournament. But one thing is for sure, that we’ll try everything, prepare well and that we want to reach the maximum during the tournament.”
Low is also remaining coy over the squad for next summer, preferring to wait and see on the progress of the injured Leroy Sane and Niklas Sule.
“No idea. I don’t know what it’ll be next year,” Low added.
“Yesterday some of the injured players were here with us. But then there are more players like Sule and Sane who are doing rehab, where we don’t know how they’re going to be.
“It’s also important for me, in what shape players are in January, February or March. And then during the months to follow, who’s able to play, who’s in a good rhythm. There are certainly a couple of decisions which I can’t answer today.”
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