Why Joachim Low Is Under Most Pressure for Germany Following Win over Gibraltar

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Published: November 15, 2014

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Joachim Low will have breathed a slight sigh of relief last night when the final whistle went at the Frankenstadion in Nuremberg and confirmed all three points for his Germany side. Die Mannschaft had finally picked up only their second win of their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, upon their fourth try. 

Yet despite winning the game by four goals to the good, such relief would have been fleeting in nature for Low. For his side had just overcome European minnow Gibraltar by nowhere near enough goals. 

In a group that has seen the resurgence of home nations Ireland and Scotland and a determined, talented Polish side set the pace early on at the top of the table, Germany will be offered little respite or respect throughout this campaign. Any premonitions that the newly crowned world champions would be able to walk to qualification have quickly been proven wrong. 



Alas Germany have yet to wake from their daze or euphoria of claiming the ultimate prize in Brazil this summer, as we've seen in each of their four games of this current campaign. This one-sided match against Gibraltar was no exception. 

To pick up on such a needless game would seem almost besides the point, yet fans of the German national side would have watched the match tutting away throughout. Three points is all history will take from this game, yet the nature of the win will add to the immediate tone of this current side. These performances simply aren't good enough. 

Speaking after the match, as reported by Bundesliga.com, Low stated that he was "anything but happy" with the performance he saw on the day, calling out his side's inability to score with a simple suggestion that there were "four goals too few," yet such criticism will eventually blow back on him. 

Bayern Munich star Mario Gotze continued the theme of struggling to break Gibraltar down. "We should have scored more and ...
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