Sunday, June 19, 2016

Germany aiming to click into gear against Northern Ireland (The Associated Press)

Coach Joachim Loew throws up a water bottle during a training session of the German national soccer team at their base camp of the German national soccer team in Evian-Les-Bains, France, Sunday, June 19, 2016. Germany will face Northern Ireland in a Euro 2016 Group C soccer match in Paris on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) -- To silence the critics, Germany needs to get its attack going. The team's misfiring forwards have yet to score at the European Championship in games against Ukraine and Poland, and coach Joachim Loew has brushed off suggestions of a lack of leadership in his side. The World Cup champions, who face Northern Ireland on Tuesday in Group C, needed defender Shkodran Mustafi to break the deadlock against Ukraine before midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger sealed the 2-0 win on a break in injury time.


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