The defeat against Japan (2-1) confronts Hansi Flick, the Germany coach, with his first real acid test with a Mannschaft that suffered an unexpected setback at the start of their adventure in Qatar-2022.
If Germany loses against Spain On Sunday, their chances of qualifying for the round of 16 will be minimal, even impossible depending on the result between Japan and Costa Rica, which will be played before.
A historic humiliationwell in Russia-2018 the German team suffered their only elimination in the group stage until now, with a defeat against South Korea in the last round.
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“We don’t have any cartridges in reserve“, explained Hansi Flickaware that the work of his staff seems difficult, to try to make his team see that he has the ability to “put things back in the right direction”.
The plots to work on are numerous, from a dismounted defense to an ineffective attack against Japan.
– Flick “got it wrong” –
“It’s about courage and character. Everyone must play better and participate more in the game. We must show character!“, cried the technician, now the center of all eyes after a tour, until now, quite calm and without major problems.
Flick is known for his talent in persuasion and the listen of its players, one of its main qualities.
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“If the coach cannot be blamed for something, it is that he does not speak to us clearly or that he does not pressure us. I’m not someone who needs a coach to yell at me. A critical comment is enough for me when it is clear ”, he explains Kai Havertz about Hansi Flick.
That does not mean that Flick’s tactical choices in the first game have not been understood in Germany. The player with the most caps for the Mannschaft (150), Lothar Matthausestimated that Flick had been wrong.
“There are some things I didn’t understand in the lineup against Japan. Hansi Flick is a friend, I am 100% with him. And among friends we can be honest, we must be: against Japan he was wrong in his direction“, wrote Matthäus in a chronicle in the German newspaper Bild.
