Now Hansi is cracking down!
Germany will play Japan on September 9th and France on September 12th. national coach Hansi Flick (58) is under a lot of pressure there.
The national team has won only four of the last 16 games. Most recently, there was a draw against Ukraine (3:3) and a bankruptcy against Poland (0:1) and Colombia (0:2).
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Werner and Goretzka are thrown out
Flick is surprisingly deleting Timo Werner (27) and Leon Goretzka (28) for the upcoming games!
Flick explains: “I spoke to him yesterday, he knows about the thoughts I have. This isn’t final. I appreciate Leon very much, but the fact is that we have concerns. We want to see a reaction from those who aren’t there.”
According to BILD information, Goretzka is very disappointed because he has fought his way back into the Bayern starting XI with good performances in recent weeks.
Flick to Werner: “Timo Werner is a player I really appreciate, who gives us a lot. He’s not quite in the right shape at the club at the moment either, he has to work on certain things. I’m convinced that he and Leon will return to the national team.”
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Flick nominated Pascal Groß (32) from Brighton & Hove Albion for this!
Born in Mannheim, he moved from Ingolstadt to the island in 2017 for three million euros. With 27 goals in the English top flight, he is now the most successful Premier League snapper in Brighton history.
His national team premiere! So far, Groß had only appeared for the German U20 selection. But that was twelve years ago.
Pascal Groß celebrates his national team debut at the age of 32
In addition, four defenders were not taken into account, all of whom were still in the squad at the World Cup in Qatar: David Raum (25), Lukas Klostermann (27 / both Leipzig) Thilo Kehrer (26 / West Ham) and Matthias Ginter (29 / SC Freiburg ).
The national coach makes an ego announcement to all players: “After the disappointing results in June, we sat down with the coaching staff and analyzed everything. In addition to quality and performance, behavior and attitude were also important for us. Who gives the team energy? We are convinced that if we demand and promote these points, we will get a team and have lasting success. Everyone has to put their ego aside and put themselves at the service of the team.”
He also demands victories: “We’re playing against Japan and France, interesting, strong opponents. We have something to make up for, everyone knows that. Everyone wants to show that we’re better than what we showed last time.”
Flick thought about Thomas Müller
By the way: the return of Thomas Müller (33) was also an issue. Flick: “I also spoke to Thomas. It’s important that after his problems he finally gains a foothold at Bayern. It has been clearly agreed with him.”
Back in the squad is Niklas Süle (27), who was not included in the summer, from BVB. This had BILD already reported. Also back: Felix Nmecha (22), Serge Gnabry (28), Jonathan Tah (27) and Oliver Baumann (33) for the ailing Bernd Leno (31).
The DFB squad for the upcoming games
Goal: Marc-André ter Stegen, Oliver Baumann, Kevin Trapp
Defense: Robin Gosens, Benjamin Henrichs, Antonio Rüdiger, Nico Schlotterbeck, Niklas Süle, Jonathan Tah, and Malick Thiaw
Midfield/Forward: Emre Can, Joshua Kimmich, Felix Nmecha, Pascal Groß, Ilkay Gündogan, Serge Gnabry, Jonas Hofmann, Jamal Musiala, Leroy Sané, Kevin Schade, Florian Wirtz, Niclas Füllkrug, Julian Brandt, Kai Havertz