Joachim Loew hailed Germany’s “brilliant” 4-1 win over Mexico in the Confederations Cup semi-final and said his youthful squad are ambitious enough to beat Chile in the final. Loew opted not to bring his World Cup winning stars to the Confed Cup, but Germany’s young guns booked their place in Sunday’s final in St Petersburg after a devastating opening spell in Sochi. Attacking midfielder Leon Goretzka, 22, hit two goals in the first eight minutes to stun Mexico. Read | Germany vs Mexico, FIFA Confederations Cup 2017, full football score: GER 4 MEX 1“From the beginning, we did exactly what we set out to do -- we were very dominant and brilliant in the opening stages,” said Germany’s head coach Loew. We try to get forward all the time and we paid for that,” said Mexico’s head coach Juan Carlos Osorio.

Source: Hindustan Times June 30, 2017 05:03 UTC