Jürgen Klopp was thoroughly impressed with Germany’s performance in their 3–1 victory over Serbia, believing his team showed exactly what they are capable of as they continue to build toward the next major tournament.
Klopp was particularly pleased with Germany’s dominance in possession, attacking movement, and counter-pressing, insisting there were plenty of reasons to be encouraged beyond the result itself.
“The team put in a truly outstanding performance. I think we need to get used to the fact
that we’re really good and that we can play really good football. We could have scored more goals today. But I told the players earlier that, at this moment, I really don’t care about that. There were so many outstanding moments today,” Klopp said (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). “We made life extremely difficult for Serbia. They’re certainly not in their best moment, but you can still get yourself into serious trouble in games like this. But we didn’t. So many of our movements and patterns of play looked wonderful. We found solutions in possession, were dominant, and our counter-pressing was outstanding. The intensity was top-class. So, from my perspective, it was a really, really good performance.”
Two wins and increasingly convincing football are giving Klopp plenty of reasons to be optimistic. Germany still has work to do, but the new era is beginning to look rather promising.
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