Basel - On Easter Monday was Premiere. The national team looked at the new cinema spot at which they had turned to the European Championship. It shows the team in mountaineering outfit, as the climb to the top masters.
Bernd Schneider from slipping and is maintained by Jens Lehmann before the crash. The message of the spots: "Before you lies a hard road. But together we can make it. "
The path to the European Championship title in the summer of countless mountain trials. The last test before the appointment of cadres is at tournament on Saturday - against EM-hosts Switzerland (20.45 clock, ZDF).
Captain and leader Michael Ballack (31) is with mixed feelings in the last test. He must think of the events before the World Cup. 2006, also in March, stood at the last World Cup test in Italy.
It ended with a 1:4-fiasco. "After that everything has been questioned. The expectation was in the basement. "This is essential to prevent it on Wednesday.
Therefore Ballack again urges his colleagues. According to the EM via EXPRESS warning in the last week now the alarm shortly before the game. "It is the last big test. This performance, although this result is perceived. Now it does not matter how confident we are qualified for the European Championship. We will be judged by this game. "
The captain is ringing the alarm bells. Apart from Ballack appeared in the last few weeks just in Gomez and Arne Friedrich in their clubs in European Championship form. The rest of the team is chipped or sag.
"We were able in recent months does not connect to the good performance of the qualification," has recognized Ballack. "To succeed, we need a fit and big team. This is currently not the case. I hope the time factor, and I'm hoping for a good game against Switzerland, so we are able to regain confidence. "
Also, team manager Oliver Bierhoff knows that fast from the Alpine adventure in the summer can be a nightmare company. "We have the goal of taking the title in the summer. But we need to build up the momentum again. "
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