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The theater around Martina Voss-Tecklenburg makes the new beginning under Horst Hrubesch difficult. DFB players keep their distance from the coach.
The coughing fit came very suddenly. Lena Oberdorf had just stood in front of the glass front of the Melia Frankfurt City and heard the first question when the young leader of the German footballers choked so hard that it had the greatest possible symbolic effect: the surprising public appearances of Martina Voss-Tecklenburg cause in the DFB women a huge upset at their new start under Horst Hrubesch for the Nations League games against Wales in Sinsheim (Friday, 5.45 p.m./ARD) and against Iceland in Reykjavik (October 31, 8 p.m./zdfsport.de).
“It gives me a few question marks, of course. I would definitely have wished for something different. That you say: Okay, let’s first clarify what happened at the World Cup – and then go on vacation. “Nevertheless, that’s what happened now,” said the 21-year-old. The expression on the face of the midfielder from VfL Wolfsburg in front of the Frankfurt trade fair tower regarding all the unresolved future questions of senior DFB employees spoke volumes: The team has now developed the greatest possible distance from the national coach, who is ruining her own future in the association. Behind the scenes, the termination of the contract, which runs until 2025, is probably being negotiated with their lawyer Christoph Schickhardt, with the party also being the DFB president Bernd Neuendorf made him look very bad, as he must have been aware of the activities during his vacation.
Horst Hrubesch: No contact with Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
After the 0-2 start in the Nations League against Denmark and the convincing 4-0 against Iceland on the way to the desired Olympic qualification, the players actually wanted to get rid of the MVT cause, which is now under the permanent interim solution Hrubesch before the first international match measure reappears. “That’s not my topic,” explained the 72-year-old tight-lipped, who apparently doesn’t see the events as a nuisance. Internally there is talk of sticks between the legs.
The harmonious man from Hamburger SV no longer has contact with Voss-Tecklenburg, who handed Hrubesch an intact community for the 2019 World Cup at the end of 2018: “Britta Carlson is also there, who played the games beforehand. The DFB has to decide how this is regulated now. That, s not my Beer. I hope that it will ultimately be four games.” The emergency rescuer would also like to be responsible for the decisive second leg against Denmark in Rostock (December 1st) in order to ideally play in the final tournament for two free Olympic starting places in February 2024 as group winners.
For Voss-Tecklenburg, all of this is now a long way away: With the approval of her employer, the 55-year-old spoke about team building and coaching from the world of sport at the Intelligent Building Forum in Bremen two weeks ago, and then about change at the Bavarian Dentists’ Day in Munich on Thursday Management in women’s football. In terms of labor law, there is nothing wrong with such well-paid lectures, but the moral side remains. The fact that the head coach, who was on sick leave after the World Cup, was the first to speak on such stages stunned several national players.
DFB players with responsibility
Hrubesch learned about the broken communication with his predecessor from conversations in Australia, but for him that is not enough of an explanation for the World Cup failure. “I have always tried to give the girls the message: They have personal responsibility.” The interim coach sees the fact that Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that he would be visiting the DFB campus for a training session on Tuesday afternoon as “clear appreciation”. For the next few days, his aim is to convey a game idea in theory and practice that provides stability again after the uncertainty. Because women’s football has become “significantly faster, more agile,” Hrubesch wants to see “a faster pace.” The slow build-up of the game should be a thing of the past; long balls are not forbidden with the former header monster. Against Wales and Iceland you should “play full-time for goals”. Solution: You might cough at the hotel, but don’t stumble against such opponents.
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