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Germans far from their best
BREMEN. June 3; Germany fluffed their Unes In their final dress rehearsal before the European so-
ccer Championships when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Northern Ireland in a friendly on Tuesday, reports Reuter.
The World Cup champions, who looked far from I nip res sive in a 1-0 defeat of Turkey on Saturday, were forced to come back from behind after Michael Hughes gave the Irish a surprise early lead in the 22nd minute.
Although Libero Manfred Binz saved Germany's face with an equalizer just before halftime, they still looked a long way from their best In their last warm-up match before heading to the finals in Sweden, which start on June 10.
The Germans had most of the play but found it tough to find a way through a packed, well-organised Irish defence.
German coach Berti Vogts still does not seem to have found a perfect solution in midfield to replace injured World Cup captain Lothar Matthaeus who will miss the European Championships after recently undergoing knee surgery.
The German coach played a new combination in midfield of former East German Matthias Sammer and 23-year-old Stefan Effenberg.
But His side still lacked a
re.il dominating midfield playmaker and striker Karlheinz Riedk* also failed to show his usual sharpness in front of goal.
The only consolation for the Germans was the good form of Effenberg who impressed with sev< ।al long-range efforts.
Germany dominated thi lirst 20 minutes and the Irish rarely got out of their own hall.
But the world champions were caught cold in the 22nd minute when Hughes beat the offside trap down the right, neatly turned a defender and finished off a superb individual effort with a left-fool shot.
The goal seemed to crank
up the Germans' game a notch and Blitz's shot from the edge of the area tn the 40th minute deflected off defender Gerry Taggart into the net to put the sides level al the Interval.
The Germans created more chances in the second half. Sammer hit ihc post with a shot from just outside the- area and Rk.dk- should have put the Issue beyond doubt when he had a clear header at goal midway through the half.
Vogts chose lo play Northern Ireland because he felt their style of play was similar to that of Scotland who arc in the Germans' first- round group along with holders the Netherlands and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
But the rest of the teams tn Sweden should not read loo much into Ihc result since the Germans arc renowned for below par performances in the run-up to major championships.
Two years ago they played out two lacklustre friendlies against Denmark and Czechoslovakia in the final run-up to the World Cup before producing some brilliant soccer in Italy lo lake the title.
The Germans' inability lo score easily contrasted sharply with the Dutch, their main rivals Irf the group, who have hit seven goals in their two warmup friendlies against Austria and Wales.
Vogts said he was disappointed with the result but happy with the performance of the team.