01 January,2010 07:58 AM IST | | Agencies
Germany's football coach Joachim Low has looked back on 2009 which saw the emergence of several talented players and his nation qualify in style for the 2010 World Cup.
He also remembered Robert Enke, who committed suicide.u00a0
"I was paralysed by the news," said Low. "I didn't know Robert Enke only as a player, but also as a person. He gave the impression of being so mature and able to deal with setbacks. He was a personality and it was particularly bad not to be able to recognise that he had such problems." A 1-0 win over Russia in Moscow in October saw Germany book their ticket for South Africa with a game to spare and that game was a particular highlight of the last 12 months for Low.
"To win in Russia was enormously positive," he said in an interview broadcast on the German Football Association's website.
