Germany’s “footballer of the year”, Marco Reus says in a DW Interview about the reasons for the defeat in the European championship qualification game against the Netherlands and is looking ahead to the task in Northern Ireland.
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“Deserved victory for the Dutch”
DW: at halftime, the German team against the Netherlands was still 1:0 in front, at the end she stands there with a 2:4 defeat with empty hands. Why?
Marco Reus: I think we have lost a bit of our compactness. We have not defended as well, as a result, the rooms were bigger. Led to the gates of individual errors, and the Dutch have to beat stone cold the course. Due to the second half it was, in my opinion, a deserved victory for the Dutch, we would be able to avoid.
What has led to the problems? Wrong tactics, lack of energy, or simply the quality of the opponent?
If we play the Ball to the opponent, it is an individual error. Then you can’t go back or move, but come one step too late. It is like a gauntlet, you don’t get it bent. This is a shame, because the first half was really okay. Although we have not played particularly well, but were defensively compact. But we don’t have it gets like in the first leg in Holland, about 90 minutes.
How was the mood in the cabin?
Disappointment.
What needs to change on Monday in Belfast against Northern Ireland?
We have to win the game, clearly. Against Northern Ireland it is likely to be a completely different game. We will have more possession, a better staggering forward, which forwards us to benefit from. Against Holland we were relatively deep, the way to the gate was far. Anything other than a victory in Northern Ireland is out of the question. A clear increase in power must be in contrast to the second half against Holland.
Marco Reus played in Hamburg against the Netherlands 42. Countries game. In the 61. Minute took the Germany coach, Joachim Löw, the 30-year-old offensive player from the place and brought for him, Ilkay Gündogan. Reus plays since 2012 for Borussia Dortmund and captain of the team. In July he was elected for the second Time after 2012, “Germany’s footballer of the year”.
The Interview was conducted by Oliver Moody.