Football U17 World Cup
In the rush of triumph, the world champion coach criticized the clubs – and the DFB
Status: 04.12.2023 | Reading time: 3 minutes
“Simply indescribable” – Germany’s world champion in ecstasy
The German U17 made history with the World Cup fairytale in Indonesia. After the triumph against France, the mood among the newly crowned world champions around final scorer Paris Brunner is exuberant.
With the World Cup title, the German U17 national team is creating long-awaited excitement in German football. Successful coach Christian Wück is proud of that. However, he finds clear words for the work of the clubs and the association – and leaves his future open.
Arrival at the German Football Association (DFB) campus is scheduled for 9 a.m. It is the wish of those responsible at the DFB that the German U17 world champions, the coaching staff and the supervisors should be properly received on Monday morning.
The entourage that has done so much positive advertising for German football in the last few weeks at the World Cup tournament in Indonesia and who achieved the crowning glory with a victory on penalties in the final on Saturday against France. 3.74 million people watched the final on RTL.
The players had already celebrated wildly on the pitch, later in the catacombs – and at the press conference of their coach Christian Wück. The players danced and sang loudly around Wück and showered him with drinks. “I think the boys really deserve this. “To experience something like that once in your life is unbelievable for a 17-year-old,” said the 50-year-old former professional, who also took the opportunity at the moment of triumph to address those responsible in German football. Whether to the association or to the clubs.
“A lot of Germans longed for this,” says Wück
The coach appealed for more appreciation to be given to the work of young talent. “We basically have to look at how youth coaches are recognized in Germany. Not just at the association, also at the club,” said Wück. “Without good training, without good talent, the senior national team and the U21 will not be fed with young players.” The best coaches would have to work in the youth sector in order to train talent so that they can then play for the professional clubs and the senior national team will be very interesting.”
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The message was clear – and it seemed as if the sender, Christian Wück, who has been with the association as a youth coach since 2012, did not feel properly valued either. For example, it is unclear whether Wück will continue his work at all. “I will of course enjoy the whole thing now and hopefully get the opportunity to switch off a bit,” said the 50-year-old. “Then I’ll think about the future. All of us U coaches only have one-year contracts with the DFB. So it’s not up to me whether the DFB wants to continue.”
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So far, the association has not yet commented on Wück’s personality. The coach, it is said, really enjoys his job. He is proud of the team with which he won the European Championship title a few months ago. “I told the boys that they have managed to get a nation behind them.” The greatest appreciation for the young players is to give them attention and public perception. “A lot of Germans longed to have a team again that embodied the German virtues that Germans identify with,” said Wück: “What I noticed was that a lot of Germans were suddenly behind us.”
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