With 159 days to go until Germany start their Euro 2008 campaign against Poland, trainer Joachim Löw has revealed his preparations have already begun and that he has a ‘master plan’ for glory.
“There is already a master-plan for Euro 2008” he revealed. “With the Confederations Cup in 2005 and the World Cup in 2006 we have experience of how to prepare a team for D-Day.”
Germany will be gunning for their fourth European Championship title after wins in 1972, 1980, and 1996 and the Bundestrainer is looking forward to the 2008 tournament which gets underway on June 7th.
“A tournament is for players and trainers the measure of all things. A European Championships or a World Cup is like nothing else” he explained.
Since the draw, which pitted Germany with Poland, Croatia, and co-hosts Austria, the 47 year old trainer has been busying himself along with his staff preparing for the competition.
“We want to prepare like European Champions” he said. “We will sit down and plan everything down to the smallest detail.”
Löw also revealed that he would be making contact with some of his influential, but injured stars in the coming weeks to determine their condition.
“We hope that important players like Torsten Frings, Michael Ballack and Bernd Schneider will be able to get in some playing time.”
Germany has arranged four warm-up games before the finals against Austria (Feb 6), Switzerland (Mar 26), Belarus (Mai 27) and Serbia (May 31).
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