National team
Nagelsmann: Changes for the Austria game “in nuances”
Julian Nagelsmann and the DFB team meet Austria in Vienna. photo
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National coach Julian Nagelsmann will change the German national soccer team “in nuances” for the game in Vienna against Austria after the 2:3 against Turkey.
“We definitely won’t do completely different things,” said Nagelsmann at the Ernst Happel Stadium. The small changes could “also be of a personnel nature”. The national coach left it open the day before the game whether Kai Havertz would again play in the defensive movement as a left-back.
“We always try to change something without changing much,” said Nagelsmann. “That’s the approach.” When he took office in September, Nagelsmann introduced a 4-2-2-2 basic order. “Pragmatically, the regulations remain the same,” said Nagelsmann, who announced that he would not make personnel decisions until after the final training session on Monday evening. “It could also be that we see a different player there tomorrow,” said Nagelsmann about the Havertz role. “We’ll see what the forces are like.”