Hosts Germany will play fast-paced attacking football in the coming World Cup
and they are near their peak form for the trophy on home soil, coach Juergon
Klinsmann said in Berlin on Monday.
He told a press conference in the afternoon that his squad were well prepared
after the last warm-up against Colombia, which Germany won 3-0.
"Everything works well so far," said Klinsmann, the former striker who helped
Germany win the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
"We aim high and look forward to playing great football in World Cup," he
said, adding that they had booked hotel in Berlin for the final.
Klinsmann, 42, had no coaching experience when taking charge ofthe German
national squad in the summer of 2004.
He replaced Rudi Voeller, his regular strike partner at the 1990 World Cup,
who quit as Germany boss following his side's first-round exit at Euro 2004.
Since then, Klinsmann has shaken up the infrastructure of the German team,
changing it from its slow and predictable style under Voeller to become more
fast-paced and focus on attack.
He brought in American fitness trainers and a psychologist, surrounded
himself with trusted former teammates, and dismissed several long-term staff
members.
The new boss enjoyed a near-perfect start to his time in office, opening his
reign with a 3-1 victory in Austria before earning a deserved 1-1 draw with
Brazil in a repeat of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final.
In the recent warm-ups, Klinsmann's men routed Luxembourg 7-0, tied Japan
2-2, and crushed Colombia 3-0, scoring 12 goals and conceding only two.
Klinsmann picked up several young talents, such as Bayern midfielder Bastian
Schweinsteiger and Cologne's striker Lukas Podolski, who remarkably reinforced
the prolific marksman MiroslavKlose from Werder Bremen and irreplaceable driving
force Michael Ballack from Bayern Munich.
These four could break the "solid" defense of any team at the World Cup with
their well-organized blitz.
"Now, we take on the hope of the whole country. We have big objectives and we
are confident." Klinsmann noted.
