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. Germany Dutch coach carrier after year earns excellent caps

. "We have worked for years to get to this level"

Germany coach Joachim Loew

is confident his team has not peaked too soon before the Euro 2012 after their 3-0 win over the Netherlands in a friendly match on Tuesday capped a banner year nine wins and one loss.

overwhelmed World Cup Germany 2010 runner-up in Hamburg with a rapid pace, attacking style that impressed the tournament last year in South Africa.

"A lot can happen in the next six months," said Loew after seeing his team beat the Netherlands for the first time since 1996 to end 2011 with nine wins and three draws against one 2 -1 defeat to Australia. "If we were to play tomorrow the euro would be in excellent condition," said Loew after his team, ranked third by FIFA, crushed the second side facing a full house of 51,500.

"This good race, we were not at all surprising to me," he said, referring to a series of 18 months which included victories over England (4 - 1), Argentina (4 -0) Brazil (3-2) and now the Netherlands. "We have worked for years to reach this level and our goal was to improve a little more each year." Germany are now determined to win his first title since Euro 96 in England. "Two or three years can not always win the big games," said Loew. "But now we have. I am very pleased that we are always able to achieve this high level of performance. "

Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk said he was impressed by the speed with which Germany has risen from the conversion of an attack on a Dutch scoring chance at the other end. "They were so fast," he said. "They play really well now. I would say that Germany is a favorite Top [Euro 2012], with Spain.

"They have great potential. They have so many good players. Even if you look at your bank, which has a lot of creative players sitting there. "

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