Group A, The war of The Germans

Group A qualifying round of Euro 2012 has very strong German scent. In other than Der Panzer, four out of five other teams have a connection with one of the giant countries in the European region.
Germany, Euro 2008 runner-up, is one group with Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, the result of the tournament drawing in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday (7/2/2010).

Turkey has something to do with Germany because the population of citizens of Turkish descendants in the country is the second largest after the ‘original’ residents. Many players with Turkish passport has career in Bundesliga.

Even now the Turkish-born player who has been wearing Germany costume, the midfielder of Werder Bremen, Mesut Özil.

Austria is one country that directly borders with Germany. The state’s official language was German. In football aspect, the last time these two teams were dueling in the group round of the European Cup in 2008, when Germany defeated the home team with a score of 1-0.

As for Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, both national teams were coached by a figure from Germany. Kazakhstan coached by Bernd Storck and Azerbaijan handled by Verti Vogts, which is actually a coach who brought German to win the Euro Cup in 1996.

“I am not surprised or pleased. Logically, this is not simple,” said Germany coach Joachim Loew about his team’s group. “This German-speaking group with a lot of German coach.”