MATCH 08 REVIEW : GERMANY IMPRESS ADVOCAAT

'Out of the blue'
"We'd have taken 1-1 before the game but we kept them pretty quiet and we should have won," said German midfield player Dietmar Hamann. "We had a few chances on the break in the second half and didn't allow them many chances. It was out of the blue, sure, but if you allow Ruud a chance like that he will punish you."

Support vital
The Dutch goalscorer himself said: "We had a lot of possession but not many chances. You know when you play Germany it's going to be tough and it's going to be compact. Defeat would have been disastrous, but the support got us through. We deserved it and we go into the next game on a high."

'Fair result'
Germany coach Rudi Völler said: "We knew that the Netherlands would increase the pressure in the second half and I can live with this result. We are now looking forward to playing Latvia. There was disappointment in the dressing room but slowly and surely it will sink in that this was a fair result.

Völler confident
"It was not only order and discipline, but Germany dominated the game at times, which is not easy to do against a top team like the Dutch. They deserved the draw. There is never any guarantee of success but I was confident the team would present itself as it did.

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