National player Lena Oberdorf has criticized national soccer coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, who is currently on hiatus.
“It gives me a few question marks, of course. I would have wished for something different. To say: OK, let’s first clarify what happened at the World Cup,” said Oberdorf. From their point of view, a relaxing vacation would have been possible even after coming to terms with the World Cup.
On Sunday (October 22, 2023) it became known that, according to her husband, Voss-Tecklenburg was no longer on sick leave and was “on vacation.” “I have had my vacation approved by the DFB for 14 days,” said the 55-year-old. This month, Voss-Tecklenburg gave a lecture at both the Bavarian Dentists’ Day in Munich and at a forum of the Federal Association of German Prefabricated Buildings, as the Bavarian Dental Association and the BDF reported.
“My wife is no longer on sick leave, otherwise she would not have appeared at the dentists’ day,” said Voss-Tecklenburg’s husband Hermann. The association was informed by Voss-Tecklenburg about possible event visits.
The DFB announced on September 8th that Voss-Tecklenburg was ill and was temporarily being represented by her assistant Britta Carlson. Horst Hrubesch was introduced as interim national coach. DFB President Bernd Neuendorf said that Voss-Tecklenburg would be given time to recover. “A joint discussion should take place immediately after the end of the vacation,” the DFB announced on Sunday.
Return is considered unlikely
Voss-Tecklenburg herself has not yet commented on her health. The 125-time national player was surprisingly eliminated in the preliminary round with the German soccer players at the World Cup in Australia. Your contract with the DFB runs until the 2025 European Championship in Switzerland. There is said to have been criticism of her work internally.
