Germany captain Philipp Lahm has branded the mole who has been leaking team line-ups to the media as a “disgrace” and admits the spy could be damaging the team’s chances of winning the Euro 2012 title.
The Germans have been rattled by a mole who is leaking team line-ups to their media ahead of their Euro 2012 matches.
Loew sprang a triple surprise for Friday’s quarter-final by dropping Mario Gomez, Lukas Podolski and Thomas Mueller for the 4-2 quarterfinal win over Greece in Gdansk, but the changes had already been reported earlier that afternoon.
“It is a great pity if leaks like this occurs and it is a disgrace that the line-up was in the public domain so early,” said Lahm.
“The whole nation is standing behind us, everyone wants to move ahead and lift the trophy. The person who has the problem is the guy responsible for leaking that information, because at the end of the day, he might be damaging the hopes of a nation. “Maybe that person hasn’t understood how team sports work. I think it is a shame, but we won’t be hiring any detectives.”
Loew has already addressed the squad about the issue and has said: “It is not good when the cards are on the table so early.” — AFP
