One year before the European Football Championship in their own country, Germany is deep. It lost a friendly game in Poland 4 days ago, Colombia was too strong 0-2 in Gelsenkirchen tonight. It has been 5 games since coach Flick’s team could win again. Another top country lost with Brazil: 4-2 against Senegal.
Germany has been placed directly as the host country of Euro 2024, it must prepare itself with friendly international matches. But that doesn’t work very well. At the end of March, they still won 2-0 against modest Peru, but then the Belgians – in Germany – dealt a blow (2-3).
Last week, a 3-3 draw was barely managed against Ukraine. Then whistle concerts sounded in Bremen and tonight – after a 1-0 loss in Poland on Friday – was no different on Schalke soil.
A performance without offensive impulses, shapeless and fragile puts coach Hansi Flick’s position under even more pressure.
Shortly after the break, Colombia took the lead through a goal from Luis Diaz. The Liverpool striker scored with the head after a cross from Juan Cuadrado. In the final phase, Cuadrado converted another penalty kick.
It’s dramatic. There is no trust. Nothing works. It has to be different, I hope someone knows how.
Leon Goretzka of Bayern
“It’s dramatic,” Bayern player Leon Goretzka sighed. “I cannot explain why it is. Nothing works when we are on the field. We show far too little. There is no confidence. It has to be different, I hope someone knows how.”
Despite the talent on the field, the players found no solutions. Not even City champion Gündogan or Bayern champion maker Musiala.
Flick will have to fix it. “I am very disappointed. And I am sorry for the supporters,” the coach responded. “We wanted to try something out, but it didn’t work. In September we have to put another performance on the mat, show another will.”
“The Colombians played long distance, we missed that. We are in a vicious circle that we have to break. I can’t blame the players. But we need more speed and rhythm at the front. We don’t run deep enough, which limits our strength It has to be different from September and the results will follow.”
Mané’s Senegal beats Vinicius’ Brazil
Brazil still has no head coach and Neymar is still injured. On Saturday it easily won 4-1 against the weak Guinea in Barcelona, in Lisbon the strong Senegal was better: 4-2.
Vinicius may have been at the basis of the 1-0 with a measured pass to Paqueta’s head, but Mané stole the show with a double goal. Diallo had punished mistakes by the Brazilian defense before half-time.
After the break, the Mané show started. He first created an own goal for Marquinhos, after which he immediately finished off nicely in the square. At the very end, the Bayern man secured the final score from the spot. In between, Marquinhos had corrected his mistake a bit.
Brazil still has no new head coach after the dismissal of Tite after the World Cup in Qatar, U21 coach Ramon Menezes does the honours.
2023-06-20 22:23:09
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