WM 2022
Lahm: Group draw not decisive
– Former national soccer player Philipp Lahm comes to the presentation of the Sepp Herberger Awards 2022. Photo: Jens Kalaene/dpa © dpa-infocom GmbH
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Former world champion Philipp Lahm is relaxed about the draw for the group stage for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar this Friday in Doha. “I’ve had various group opponents,” said the 38-year-old on Monday evening at the Sepp Herberger Awards in Berlin, looking back at the 2012 European Championship. The German national team with Portugal, the Netherlands and Denmark had a “very, very tough » Had a group. “We marched through with nine points and it wasn’t enough for the title,” said Lahm. “One cannot say” whether a heavy or light group would be better.
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Former world champion Philipp Lahm is relaxed about the draw for the group stage for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar this Friday in Doha. “I’ve had various group opponents,” said the 38-year-old on Monday evening at the Sepp Herberger Awards in Berlin, looking back at the 2012 European Championship. The German national team with Portugal, the Netherlands and Denmark had a “very, very tough » Had a group. “We marched through with nine points and it wasn’t enough for the title,” said Lahm. “One cannot say” whether a heavy or light group would be better.
The current head of organization for the 2024 home European Championship, who became world champion with the DFB selection as captain in 2014, emphasized: “It is important to prepare for a tournament like this. That the team gets used to it and trusts each other.”
In the draw on Friday, Germany is threatened with at least one strong opponent due to the seeding list. “We’re always one of the favourites,” said 113-time national player Lahm, who ended his DFB career after the World Cup triumph in Brazil. “We are a footballing nation and we keep bringing out great footballers in every generation. You’ll see that when you play against the top nations, it will of course get tighter at some point.”
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