Eren Derdiyok bagged a hat-trick while Stephan Lichtsteiner and Admir Mehmedi also got their names on the scoresheet at St Jakob Park. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/may/podolski20.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 460px; " /> Lukas Podolski Mats Hummels, Andre Schurrle and Marco Reus struck for the Germans, but it was not to be for Joachim Low&rsquo;s men, and Podolski stated the team are now focussing on their next match. &ldquo;We have to be ready to take some criticism in the next days,&rdquo; he told Goal.com after the defeat. &ldquo;Sure, such a loss hurts but we go forward. Switzerland have played very well and we&rsquo;re not yet where we want to be. We&rsquo;ve got a lot of work to do.&rdquo; Of the 27-man German squad, 25 were enjoying Formula One at the Monaco GP yesterday.u00a0

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Lukas Podolski had admitted that Germany's surprising 5-3 friendly defeat to Switzerland on Saturday hurts, as they step up their preparation for Euro 2012.

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