Soccer Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
DFB stops questions about the national coach
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National coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg wants to go back to the bench. The DFB seems to have little interest in it
Source: dpa/Sebastian Gollnow
National soccer coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg spoke out after her illness break and signaled her willingness to talk. A return to the coaching bench seems out of the question, and the DFB is becoming increasingly annoyed.
National coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg and the DFB are “currently speaking primarily” about lawyers. The German Football Association reacted coolly to a long statement from the 55-year-old on Instagram. The association will “discuss this personally with Martina Voss-Tecklenburg,” said the DFB. The question remains: When exactly does who want to talk to whom in this disorganized situation? It is almost impossible that Voss-Tecklenburg will return to the sidelines again.
“We would like to make it clear that Martina Voss-Tecklenburg has informed us that she will only be available for a personal interview after her vacation after a period of reflection,” wrote the DFB. “Of course we respected that and planned for it.” The national coach herself sounded a little different the night before.
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“We have signaled to the DFB that we are ready for further analysis and processing of the World Cup and for trustful discussions about the way the team will continue to work together,” wrote Voss-Tecklenburg – appropriately shortly after Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a public visit to the team was.
DFB is seeking talks with Voss-Tecklenburg
How tense and complicated the situation is was shown at a press conference on Wednesday. A few minutes before the end, press spokeswoman Sonja Alger stopped the ongoing questions about the ongoing topic of Martina Voss-Tecklenburg and asked her to get back to sports. Horst Hrubesch has taken over the sporting side as coach on a temporary basis – possibly for a longer period of time in the event of an Olympic summer fairy tale in Paris, as the 72-year-old said.
“The deciding factor was that the Olympics were on the back burner”
It didn’t take long for interim coach Horst Hrubesch to be convinced of his renewed commitment to the DFB women. He also clearly formulated his goal with the recently struggling team: in 2024 they should go to the Olympics in Paris.
The association wrote: “The DFB is therefore aiming for a joint discussion soon after Martina Voss-Tecklenburg’s vacation ends. We do not want to and will not anticipate this.” Voss-Tecklenburg recently gave public lectures during her approved vacation, which was reportedly only partially well received by the players and the association. DFB President Bernd Neuendorf did not comment, and no questions were allowed at Scholz’s meeting either.
