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Ballack the key: Kaiser

Internet, Frankfurt
German playing great Franz Beckenbauer believes Michael Ballack will play a major role at the European Cham nions bins
but that the German team needs to pick up a gear. In an interview with the German Football Federation (DFB) released Monday, the Bayem Munich president said he was confident that German captain Ballack would be at his best in June.
The Chelsea midfielder was sidelined for almost eight months last year after a complicated ankle injury and had not played for Germany since March last year until featuring in last month's 3-0 victory over Austria in a friendly.
"It takes a while to regain the rhythm after such a long injury-related break. But really, I’m not worried about him at all," Beckenbauer said.
"If he manages to stay healthy and continue to play in Chelsea, he'll be his old self by June. Michael
Ballack will play a major role at the Euro. I do not foresee any problems in this regard."
However, Beckenbauer, a World Cup winner as both player and coach, believes the German team needs to regain momentum to do well at the tournament in Austria and Switzerland from June 7 to 29.
"When our team clinched the ticket for Euro last autumn, everybody eased up a little," he said.
"You could just see that the players took the foot of the accelerator pedal, but the team still played decently.
"It's about time now to pick up the pace again. Certainly, you do not want to peak too early, but if we want to reach the playing level of the 2006World Cup, we should shift into another gear right now."
Germany is "of course one of the top favourites" but a surprise team like Greece who won in 2004 could not be ruled out.
"The field is so well balanced that a surprise as in 2004 is certainly possible. I for, for example, have Croatia in the back of my mind because they are a very expe-
rienced team, ’ he said.
Beckenbauer was also captain of the West Germany team which became European champions in 1972, and one of six Bayem Munich players in the winning side in the final against the Soviet Union.
Five Bayern players were also in the team which won the Euro 1996 final - the last trophy for the national team. Beckenbauer said something similar "would be helpful" for the current Germany team although he could not see a Bayem bloc materializing.
Beckenbauer, who was head of the 2006 World Cup organizing committee in Germany and resides in Austria, said both co-hosts Austria and Switzerland were doing "an outstanding job."
"Obviously with three months to go, not everybody has caught Euro fever yet. which is quite honestly not much different from the situation in 2006,” he said.
"But you can feel the excitement growing. Each day, the Euro is talked about in the media. It's just a matter of time, when the general public will catch on."