PORTUGAL: GERMAN COACH REMAINS SILENT ABOUT SQUAD FOR NETHERLANDS IN OPENING EUR0 2004 MATCH
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PORTUGAL: GERMAN COACH REMAINS SILENT ABOUT SQUAD FOR NETHERLANDS IN OPENING EUR0 2004 MATCH
- Title: PORTUGAL: GERMAN COACH REMAINS SILENT ABOUT SQUAD FOR NETHERLANDS IN OPENING EUR0 2004 MATCH
- Date: 14th June 2004
- Summary: ALMANCIL, PORTUGAL (JUNE 14, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE 2. SOUNDBITE (German) GERMAN ASSISTANT TEAM COACH MICHAEL SKIBBE SAYING: "You probably will not be surprised that I wont tell you anything about the formation of the team tomorrow. During the last two training sessions we have been concentrating solely on the tactical aspect of the match against Holland. We have been discussing what formation would be best to start with to come out of our defensive position and be able to attack the opponents. We have have had two very aggressive training sessions, looking for and finding battles between players, which we will be looking for in tomorrows match as well. We are all aware of one thing: we dont want the Dutch to prove their skills for all of the 90 minutes tomorrow. On the contrary, we will seek to constrain them. We are very well prepared and the team knows just what Rudi (Voeller) and I expect from them." 3. WIDE OF JOURNALISTS 4. SOUNDBITE (German) SKIBBE SAYING: "The team does not know tomorrows formation. As always, we will inform them during our last team meeting before the match, which will be tomorrow afternoon." 5. JOURNALISTS TAKING NOTES 6. SOUNDBITE (German) SKIBBE SAYING: "Whatever goes for us, goes for the Dutch as well: they too have weaknesses. Accordingly, we do not just tell our players that everythings great with the Dutch, but we tell them that the Dutch, too, have quirks in their game that we will try to use for our purposes." 7. WIDE OF JOURNALISTS Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: ALMANCIL, PORTUGAL
- Country: Portugal
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- Story Text: Germany remain tight-lipped about their team to face
the Netherlands in their Euro 2004 group match.
Germany's assistant coach Michael Skibbe has still
given no indication of Tuesdays (June 15) line-up against
the Dutch in their opening Euro 2004 group match.
With the main focus on tactical aspects, Skibbe refused
to give any details about the formation of the German team
in the eagerly awaited match against the Netherlands.
"You probably will not be surprised that I wont tell
you anything about the formation of the team tomorrow," he
told journalists at the press conference in Almancil,
Portugal, on Monday (June 14). "During the last two
training sessions we have been concentrating solely on the
tactical aspect of the match against Holland.
"We have been discussing what formation would be best
to start with to come out of our defensive position and be
able to attack the opponents. We have had two very
aggressive training sessions, looking for and finding
jousts between players, which we will be looking for in
tomorrows match as well."
According to Skibbe, not even the team themselves are
aware of Tuesdays line-up.
"We will inform them during our last team meeting
before the match, which will be tomorrow afternoon," Skibbe
said.
Otherwise, Skibbe said, the German team goes into the
match confidently.
"We are all aware of one thing: We dont want the Dutch
to prove their skills for all of the 90 minutes tomorrow.
On the contrary, we will seek to constrain them. We are
very well prepared and the team knows just what Rudi (Voeller)
and I expect from them."
Probable teams:
Germany: (4-5-1): 1-Oliver Kahn; 3-Arne Friedrich,
4-Christian Woerns, 5-Jens Nowotny, 21-Philipp Lahm;
19-Bernd Schneider, 6-Frank Baumann, 8-Dietmar Hamann,
13-Michael Ballack, 22-Torsten Frings; 10-Kevin Kuranyi.
Netherlands (4-3-3): 1-Edwin van der Sar; 2-Michael
Reiziger, 4-Wilfred Bouma, 3-Jaap Stam, 5-Giovanni van
Bronckhorst; 8-Edgar Davids, 6-Philip Cocu, 14-Wesley
Sneijder; 7-Andy Van der Meyde; 11-Rafael van der Vaart,
10-Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
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