‘No reason to underestimate the Thai team,’ says German coach
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German coach Silvia Neid didn’t apologize today for having a good team.
The No. 1-ranked team in the women’s world rankings got a question about showing mercy in the group stage of this 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, having already beaten Ivory Coast 10-0.
The 2007 World Cup champions face 29th-ranked Thailand Monday at Investors Group Field.
Many think Monday’s 3 p.m. start could be a mismatch.
“I think that Thailand has developed quite well,” Neid said today. “I watched them in Germany and The Netherlands, they really have developed their game and they deserve to be here in this World Cup.
“Mercy? That’s a funny term. Of course we want to show mercy but not when you’re in a soccer match in the World Cup. All you’re thinking about is to follow your thread through the game and do well with the ball and seize the opportunities you have and that’s what we want to do. That makes us feel good and in the end, it is about feeling about self-confident after the game, go to the next game and be in the Group of 16.”
So far, Germany has its 10-0 decision and a 1-1 draw with Norway, to lead Group B.
Thailand, in its first World Cup appearance, lost 4-0 to Norway and defeated Ivory Coast 3-2, and would have a hope to advance to the Group of 16 with some kind of result on Monday.
Neid admitted after last week’s lopsided win over Ivory Coast in Ottawa that she overestimated that opponent.
She was playing it safe, at the very least, about tomorrow’s game, showing the Thai side respect today.
“There is no reason to underestimate the Thai team,” she said. “They are very good soccer players. They are technically very skilled. They have all that it takes to be a good team and we will be very focused going into this match.”
Still, advantages the Germans will enjoy Monday are in physical size and experience, things they plan to use.
“The first 15 minutes we want to be in the middle of the match, to show the Thai team that it will be difficult to score against us and we want to put a lot of energy in playing down the field and as soon as possible score a goal,” Neid said.
Added veteran midfielder Melanie Behringer: “Tomorrow we want to do that better, implement (the gameplan) better and finish our opportunities more and score as many goals as we can.”
The top two teams in each of the six groups advance to the Round of 16, which begins next weekend. The next four best third-place teams also advance.
tim.campbell@freeepress.mb.ca