While only 22 years, Holger Badstuber has solved the first German team. Well, maybe it's a picture of today's youth and stimulating forum for the exchange of information established by Joachim Leow.
The Germans have won all their Euro 2012 qualifying matches so far and with back to back hits Azerbajian qualifiers and Austria this week, Badstuber is convinced that Germany has good conditions for a victory next year.
According to uefa.com, said Badstuber: It's good that we won all our matches so far, has achieved good results and good results, and that's how it should proceed.
"I think playing against Austria in Vienna will be a hot encounter. They are very motivated to play against Germany and get points, but we must remain calm. We know our strengths and if we play well, then have a very good chance to win there .
"Azerbaijan have been shown to cause problems for the country's largest, with victory against Turkey. This will make it difficult to win there, but I think the team will be very motivated and focused, and winning there.
Having made Spanish suffer from two of their last two major tournaments, Badtuber is certain that the gap between the two parties will reduce over time.
"Yes, I think the gap is definitely closing. In the last semifinal, we demonstrated that we have a chance against them. To me, they are still the best in the country right now, but was close to the World Cup.
"We want to win the title next year. We have only missed the last two tournaments, reaching the final of the semi-finals once again, and now it is time that we won.
"But it is still far away, there's a lot of tough opponents to play, and you must be at your optimum condition at the right time. You have to give all the tournaments like this and try to do the next Euro.
