Football “Nothing changes”
Magath’s general settlement with the national team and DFB
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“The national team is in shambles”
The German national football team also lost in the last international match of the year. In the European Championship test against Austria, the DFB selection lost 0-2. “We just have to hope” for the 2024 European Championship in our own country, says reporter and football expert Paul Klinzing in the WELT TV studio.
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The German national soccer team has degenerated into gray mediocrity. How could it come to this and why isn’t anything changing? Felix Magath leaves no stone unturned in his analysis.
Ex-Bundesliga coach Felix Magath has criticized the German Football Association for not addressing the national team’s long-standing misery. “The main problem is that the DFB is not prepared to actually do an analysis,” said the 70-year-old on the TV channel Sky Sport News and added specifically to former coach Hansi Flick: “Our former national coach said, He takes on the responsibility, but then goes on vacation for six weeks. I don’t think there is any proper analysis today.”
Despite the weak results even after the preliminary round exit at the World Cup in Qatar, “everything continues as it was – everything is the same as before and nothing changes,” said Magath, who was German champion as a coach with FC Bayern and VfL Wolfsburg and criticized: “They don’t want to change anything, because the DFB is apparently still doing well.” Most recently, the DFB team under the new national coach Julian Nagelsmann lost 2-0 against Austria in Vienna on Tuesday.
Felix Magath
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“I’m not there, but it’s missing everywhere. We can now start somewhere – it doesn’t matter where,” said Magath: “One says defender, the other says striker. The third speaks to the central defender and the last complains that we don’t have a six. And everyone is a little bit right somewhere.”
And yet Magath has hope
“The composition of the group as a whole is not right,” added the long-time coach, who worked at FC Bayern, Schalke 04, Hamburger SV and VfL Wolfsburg, among others.
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However, he still hasn’t given up hope of a successful home European Championship next year. “Many teams that ended up winning a tournament played poorly in the preliminary round,” said Magath: “We’re painting everything black now, but the players still have enough time to develop further in their clubs and in the league to leave a good impression. That’s why I’m still confident that we’ll see a good German team at the tournament.”
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