While their team-mates are busy sweating on Norderney, Werder's German international players are just now heading to holidays. A successful World Cup from a German point of view...
While their team-mates are busy sweating on Norderney, Werder's German international players are just now heading to holidays. A successful World Cup from a German point of view...
While their team-mates are busy sweating on Norderney, Werder's German international players are just now heading to holidays. A successful World Cup from a German point of view has come to an end with superb showings by the German team with Özil, "Merte" and co.
Werder's German internationals arrived back in Germany Monday morning at 6:16 a.m. after a 10-hour flight. Marko Marin, Tim Wiese and Mesut Özil got off the plane but Per Mertesacker was missing. The centre back left for holidays straight from South Africa and his Green-White team-mates will now do the same from Germany. A bit of relaxation and getting back some strength for the up-coming season is much deserved after a long season.
"Altogether, the team played excellently. You can only congratulate the players and the management for this performance," said Werder head coach Thomas Schaaf about the German team's third place showing in South Africa. Tim Wiese was the only player on the German World Cup squad who did not appear in a match. He was quite unlucky as inflammation in his knee kept him from starting the game for third place against Uruguay. The director and "soul of the German team" in South Africa was Mesut Özil, who was nominated by FIFA as one of the top 10 players at the World Cup. His superb technique, creativity and dream goal against Ghana brought plenty of focus to the 21-year-old midfielder, who was seen as an example of the "new German game". "Mesut was part of a lot of great scenes," said Schaaf, who saw a real development in his young player. "Mesut was known beforehand in all of Germany. Now the whole world knows him."
