GERMANY: SOCCER / FOOTBALL - Press conference by national soccer coach Juergen Klinsmann plans to give players a second chance after 4-1 defeat against Italy
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GERMANY: SOCCER / FOOTBALL - Press conference by national soccer coach Juergen Klinsmann plans to give players a second chance after 4-1 defeat against Italy
- Title: GERMANY: SOCCER / FOOTBALL - Press conference by national soccer coach Juergen Klinsmann plans to give players a second chance after 4-1 defeat against Italy
- Date: 3rd March 2006
- Summary: CLOSE UP: CAMERA CREWS
- Embargoed: 18th March 2006 12:00
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- Location: Germany
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- Country: Germany
- Topics: Sports
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- Story Text: Germany's under-fire national soccer coach Juergen Klinsmann and his team have every chance of clinching World Cup glory on home turf later this year - at least if you believe the statisticians.
Germany's preparations for the tournament suffered a blow on Wednesday when they were crushed 4-1 by Italy in Florence and the media has all but written off their chances of lifting their first World Cup since 1990.
But a study into the benefits of home advantage published on Thursday by the Cologne-based IWD Institute suggests otherwise: Germany has on average reached the quarter- or semi-finals of the World Cups it has taken part in.
"In general, the attitude remains the same, " said Klinsmann "We are fully convinced about this team and we told them that everyone who played last night will be nominated for the game against the United States, should they remain healthy and should they succeed in their respective clubs, to give them the possibility to make amends for what happened."
Team manager Oliver Bierhoff added : "I think it's absolutely right to make it clear to the team that it's a long and difficult way and that the adversaries are very strong of course but the goal, as everyone in Germany would agree, must always be to become world champion."
In 1974, the last time the World Cup was held on German soil, Germany beat the Netherlands in the final. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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