Germany take on Mexico in the second Confederations Cup semi-final on Thursday, maintaining Joachim Low s proud record of reaching the final four of every tournament he has entered as national team boss.
From that point onwards, however, Die Mannschaft s record is a little more mixed.
Here, Omnisport takes you through some of the highs and lows of Low s celebrated tenure.
EURO 2008: TURKEY 3-2
Germany came second in their group behind Croatia, meaning they were forced to overcome Portugal 3-2 in the quarter-finals. The same scoreline came to pass in a thrillingly dramatic semi against Turkey. Ugur Boral gave Turkey the lead after Colin Kazim-Richards struck the crossbar for the second time in the first half but Bastian Schweinsteiger hit back swiftly. Mir…