Euro 2020 qualifiers: Joachim Low demands Germany reaction in Belfast after Dutch defeat

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Germany manager Joachim Low has required a reaction from his side against Northern Ireland on Monday following their home defeat from the Netherlands on Friday.
The Dutch team triumph in Hamburg kept Northern Ireland high in Group C at the Euro 2020 campaign going into Monday’s match at Windsor Park.
“We will need to approach the sport in such a manner that we leave the pitch as winners,” stated the Germany boss.
“I am sure that we will see a reaction on Monday.”
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Germany had started to find their feet from their disastrous campaign at this past season’s World Cup after a period of recovery.
The group stage exit in Russia prompted a generational overhaul, and three wins in a row at 2019, Lowyoung team were full of confidence.
Victory could have put nine points clear of their Dutch and on the edge of eligibility.
Rather, they now find themselves only three points ahead of the acquaintances, having played.
“We need to choose the youthful players up a little and give them the feeling that they can be stronger,” added the Germany boss.
Low, criticised for allowing his staff to sit against the Netherlands and enjoying a back three, stated that he would make adjustments for the match of Monday.
“Northern Ireland are amazingly strong, they play a lot of long balls. They’ll sit deeper and we shall not have a lot of space, so we will need to think of something unnaturally,” he said.
The German media have been critical of the team’s attempts .
Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel warned that”course must be learned” from the defeat while the nation’s biggest tabloid Bild stated that”alarm bells” were ringing round the qualification campaign.
Following the jolting outcome of Friday Manuel Neuer has cautioned his team-mates not to violate a Northern Ireland team that have won their last five games.
“We know that anything can happen in football, we experienced ourselves at 2018, so it is important we take this sport seriously,” he told Bild.
“It is not perfect for all of us to be playing an away game in Belfast right now. They have won all their games up to now and it is always tough to score goals against such opponents.”
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