The 5:1 win against Scotland proves that Nagelsmann, the experimental club coach, has transformed himself into a national coach who coaches the DFB team’s games in an unexpectedly clear and pragmatic way. That is good for the team.
We have become accustomed to coaches not looking at the game during a match but at their iPads. The television sometimes catches coaches holding secret impromptu meetings on the bench in public, hands over their mouths, eyes fixed on the screen. It has certainly happened that a coaching staff, lost in thought and attention, has been startled by a shouting stadium announcer because their own team has just scored a goal.