2023-09-10 04:33:01
09/09/2023 23:33hs.
In Wolfsburg no one could believe it. The end of the match marked Germany 1 – Japan 4 and with the Japanese going to look for more in the face of local confusion. The German team received a tremendous beating that worsens its crisis that was unthinkable years ago. They have not won for five games, four of them on home soil, and Hans Flick’s continuity as coach is being increasingly questioned.
In the midst of all this, they have relief: being qualified for Euro 2024 for being the organizers. That is why they only play friendlies in which they have not been up to par, in the same vein or even worse than in the first round elimination at the World Cup in Qatar, where they also lost to Japan. And what comes next will not be easy at all: on Tuesday they receive in Dortmund nothing less than France, the runner-up in the world.
The 1-4 hit very hard throughout German football. Starting with their new captain like Ilkay Gündogan. The Barcelona midfielder stood up and was sincere. “The Japanese were clearly better and superior to us in every aspect,” he began. “Furthermore, We made too many individual mistakes, four or five times they went alone against Ter Stegen. This should not happen at this level,” he was self-deprecating.
Japan National Team – 9-9-2023
Germany’s error and Japan’s third goal
But that was only the start. Gundogan questioned that Germany is today to compete against the best. “In terms of the game We are not at the same level as other teams. It’s hard and disappointing because we have certain expectations of ourselves, but the trend speaks for itself. At some point, expectations and reality are so far apart that you have to accept that we are simply not good enough,” he confessed.
“Maybe we think we are better than we really are,” said Gundogan, the captain… (AFP).
“It is evident that now we are not good enough, maybe we also think that we are better than we really are,” was Gündogan’s very harsh ending, a harsh reality. Joshua Kimmich said in the same vein, who spoke of “little confidence” and left another resonant phrase: “We haven’t played a good game since the World Cup.”
There are many criticisms and doubts about Flick’s continuity as DT (AP).
Historic players from Germany were very critical
Lothar Matthäus, world champion and the one who visited that jacket the most times, feels that the players don’t bank on DT. “We have to support the coach. But there is something that is not right… Something happened, something happened. And I no longer fully believe in the words that the players say. Because they say they have to give something back to Hansi Flick. So why haven’t they returned anything in months? That makes me very thoughtful,” he explained.
Löthar Matthäus gave his opinion (Photo: AFP).
Rudi Völler, also world champion in Italy 90 and finalist as DT in 2002, did not hold anything back despite being the director of selections of the German Federation (DFB). “I’m a little shocked. It was a shame but also a well deserved defeat. Hurts. “We’re just not in the spotlight anymore,” he said. and RTV.
“We are simply no longer part of the foreground,” said Rudi Völler.
And he also did not want to ensure Flick’s continuity as coach. “First we must compose ourselves. Then we will play against France. Then we should first reflect and think about what will happen next. We’ll see …“
Germany’s matches after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
2-0 vs. Peru (L)2-3 vs. Belgium (L)3-3 vs. Ukraine (L)0-1 vs. Poland (V)0-2 vs. Colombia (L)1-4 vs. Japan (L)
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