2023-09-13 01:00:10
Opinion international match against France
Rudi Völler makes the geese fly
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“We fought incredibly well,” says Rudi Völler
The German national team beat runner-up world champion France 2-1. The goals were scored by Bayern strikers Müller and Sané. Interim coach Rudi Völler was celebrated by the fans in Dortmund. The DFB is thinking about the successor to the national coach, said Völler.
Over 90 minutes against France, the DFB selection showed a completely different performance than in the debacle against Japan. Interim coach Rudi Völler wins over players and fans – without any bizarre motivational videos. He would also be a good choice for the DFB for the 2024 European Championship for another reason.
When the half-time whistle sounded in Dortmund on Tuesday evening, scenes took place that had not been seen at a German international match for a long time. Spectators rose from their seats, cheered and applauded as the German national players went into the catacombs with a 1-0 half-time lead against France.
Almost an hour later there was great cheering. Germany won 2-1. And that just three days after the 1:4 debacle against Japan, as a result of which national coach Hansi Flick was fired.
And the person who seemed to have found the right words for the turnaround was loudly celebrated: “There is only one Rudi Völler,” it echoed through the stadium – for the first time after just five minutes. The team was celebrated at the end. The team that missed so many things last Saturday and in the months before.
Football, as the game against France once again proved, can be so simple.
Nothing was reminiscent of the games under Hansi Flick
Against the runner-up world champions, the German national team suddenly showed a different face. There wasn’t just playing around at the back, there was movement, there was follow-up, there was going for second balls – and even playing for the gallery. Here a hoe rest, there one. And they almost always arrived. A lot was right, especially the body language. The German team was stable at the back. And she had a passion for the game, that was obvious.
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The appearance in Dortmund seemed like a liberation, nothing reminded us of the previous games under Hansi Flick, who had tried and tried so many things.
As in the recently published one Amazon-Doku „All or nothing“ As can be seen, Flick showed the team a short film about greylag geese as motivation before the first group game at the World Cup in Qatar. The players wanted to learn from the geese and take a big flight in Qatar. It became a nosedive. Now, almost ten months later, Rudi Völler is making the geese fly.
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The question arises again as to whether the 63-year-old would not be the ideal national coach or team boss on the way to the 2024 European Championship. The euphoria that the DFB had recently been longing for has been rekindled in Dortmund.
Immediately after the win against France, Völler made it clear once again that he, who works as national team director at the DFB, does not intend to continue working as team manager. But he showed on Tuesday that he still has it in his team with Hannes Wolf and Sandro Wagner.
In any case, the cash-strapped association could save a lot of money that would be needed for a new coach. Especially since the coach who is now succeeding Völler will have a difficult time after his win against France.
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