2024-06-10 14:34:57
There was quite a lot of dialogue once more within the “Doppelpass” on Sunday. The subject was Manuel Neuer – who divides opinions.
The German nationwide workforce will open the European Championships on house soil on Friday in opposition to Scotland. 5 days earlier than the beginning, soccer in Germany is discussing the goalkeeping place: Manuel Neuer or Marc-André ter Stegen? The explanation for the talk was the Bayern goalkeeper’s latest error-ridden performances.
Neuer had made some inexplicable errors alongside some glorious saves at FC Bayern and within the nationwide workforce. He was answerable for the purpose conceded within the 2-1 win in opposition to Greece final Friday. However, nationwide coach Julian Nagelsmann is sticking with the 38-year-old as primary for the house European Championship.
The goalkeeper query additionally performed a serious position within the soccer speak present “Doppelpass” on Sport1 on Sunday morning. t-online columnist and skilled Stefan Effenberg made it clear proper from the beginning: “I might have chosen Manuel Neuer too.” The goalkeeper place is a delicate one and he himself thinks it was proper that Nagelsmann communicated early on: “Manuel Neuer is our primary.”
A goalkeeper won’t get replaced within the event, continued Effenberg, who additionally identified that Neuer has the backing of his teammates. Jamal Musiala, Benjamin Henrichs and Maximilian Mittelstädt strengthened their keeper after the tough 2-1 victory in opposition to Greece.
DFB managing director Andreas Rettig additionally defended Nagelsmann’s clear dedication to Neuer because the first-choice goalkeeper for the house European Championships. “He’s in a situation that at the very least for all of us he’s rightly primary,” stated Rettig.
In his opinion, nothing has modified within the standing of Neuer, who has been absent for a very long time attributable to damage, within the DFB workforce. “Everybody seems to be as much as him, and never simply due to his peak, so he has a component in that that can not be overestimated,” he defined concerning the goalkeeper’s position within the European Championship squad.
Sports activities presenter Thomas Wagner, nonetheless, had a unique opinion: “I believe that if we take his present type, it does not communicate in his favour,” he stated. Neuer is 38 years previous, has been injured regularly and might have issues concentrating. To say that he intimidates attackers along with his aura is not true. “We performed three tournaments with Neuer and so they weren’t good,” Wagner continued.
He feels that to say that ter Stegen is the higher goalkeeper is “blasphemy”. Apart from the goalkeeper dialogue, Wagner additionally has constructive phrases to say about Nagelsmann as nationwide coach: “He was courageous, he made clear selections, powerful selections. He deserves the best reward.”
A goalkeeper debate only a few days earlier than the opening match could be counterproductive anyway, Rettig stated once more: “Readability, help from the coach. Julian Nagelsmann has now expressed that.” That’s the proper means. A goalkeeper dialogue so near the event bothers each Neuer and ter Stegen. “That bothers each of them, by the way in which,” stated Rettig.