Mats Hummels says there is no chance of Germany playing for a draw against USA on Thursday, despite both sides requiring only a point to secure qualification from World Cup Group G. The opening round of the group stage saw Germany defeat Portugal 4-0 and USA see off Ghana 2-1, but two draws on matchday two mean Portugal and Ghana trail the joint-leaders by three points. Former Germany coach and attacker Jurgen Klinsmann is coaching the Americans, but Hummels insists there is no chance of Joachim Lows side playing for a point. We are not a team who plays for draws, the 25-year-old told a press conference. Were definitely going to play to win and anything else would be totally unfair to all the other teams. However, if its 1-1 in the 91st minute, I wont be dribbling past 4 players. Germany required a Miroslav Klose header to rescue a point last time out after going 2-1 behind to Ghana - a match Hummels believes exposed some of his teams weaknesses. Against Ghana we showed weaknesses that we know are there and want to focus on them, he said. Personally, I can be satisfied. But after two games relatively little has been done. I think we can improve in general. The Dortmund stopper also refused to enter into the debate of whether captain Philipp Lahm should play at full-back or in midfield, asserting that is uninterested in exactly where they Bayern Munich man is deployed. We don’t discuss the whether we now have a favoured position for Philipp, Hummels continued. He does a good job in both positions and for me it is relatively unimportant whether he plays in defence or in midfield.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:45:07 +0000
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