National coach Christian Wück has drawn a positive conclusion for the year for the German footballers. “We can be happy with the placings,” said the 52-year-old at DFB.de: “The team has developed very well, we were very happy with many of the performances. But we’re not at our best yet – because then we would have had a trophy in our hands at the end.” His team lost the European Championship semi-finals and the Nations League final against Spain.
Development and challenges
“The results show that we are on a very good path, but that we still have to take steps, that something is still missing in order to win titles in the end,” Wück explained. It is important to work on the “fine details”. “The gears mesh well within the individual parts of the team, but sometimes this doesn’t result in enough for the entire team,” explained the national coach. In some cases, “the coordination between the rooms still needs to be improved”.
For 2026, qualifying for the 2027 World Cup is “at the top of my wish list,” said Wück. In the group with Norway, Slovenia and Austria, the DFB team is “certainly the favorite” and should “aim to dominate the games and the group”. He wants his team to “confidently” accept the role of favorites. “A top team appears confident, but is neither careless nor arrogant.” In general, he wants to “see a team that makes smart decisions on its own on the pitch – appropriate to the respective game situation. The more players we have who are intelligent in the game and who find the right solutions regardless of the system, the better we will be.” He also hopes for the new year “that we discover more talents who can strengthen our group for the senior national team,” said the national coach.
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