Low enjoys famous double
23 Aug 2007 - 08:17:08
Germany coach Joachim Low was a happy man after seeing his injury-hit side become the first team to beat England at the newly-rebuilt Wembley Stadium.
Goals from Kevin Kuranyi and debutant Christian Pander gave Germany a famous double, as they had also won the last game at Wembley before the famous old stadium was refurbished.
Low said: "There are very few places in the world where winning is such a good experience. My players were dancing happily in the dressing room.
"We decided to play Kevin Kuranyi as a lone striker and he was supported by excellent skills and intelligent players.
"Let me also single out Christian Pander. He had a very good performance and scored a lovely goal.
"For the first 20 minutes we showed too much respect to England, but the equaliser was a big help and we started to play with much more courage and in the end we dominated the game.
"We had little time to practise and train and playing at the new Wembley in front of 90,000 people we were a bit intimidated. But when we scored the equaliser my players said 'hey, we can score goals here'."