Ballack : We have been too weak
Germany captain Michael Ballack says his side are not among the favourites to win next year’s World Cup.
Their group also includes Australia, Serbia and Ghana and the 33-year-old Chelsea star believes getting through that will be a challenge in itself.
“We do not have the consistency or strength in depth in the squad,” Ballack told Kicker magazine.
“We have been too weak, particularly in friendlies, to be able to say that we have the class to beat everybody else.”
That said, Germany have a well-deserved reputation as high achievers at the World Cup, whether they have the best players or not.
West Germany won the trophy in 1954, 1974 and 1990, while the unified country were runners-up in 2002 and third on home soil in 2006 when many pointed to a lack of high-quality players. Read more…
