The Germany coach, Hansi Flick, ruled out resigning despite the elimination of his team in the group stage of the Qatar-2022 World Cup, this Thursday, in statements to ARD television in his country.
Source: AFP
“Working with this team motivates me. But after this match, it’s not the time to talk about what’s to come. I enjoy, We have a good team and good players who are coming. That (continuity in the position) it will not depend on me“, explained the former Bayern Munich coach.
flick He promised “a very quick analysis” of the reasons for this failure and admitted that the disappointment has been “enormous”.
“My team and myself we did a good jobWe have prepared the selection well”, he defended himself.
In the perspective of the German team there is mainly the Eurocup, where the country will be the host in 2024.
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for the second time in a rowGermany leaves the World Cup at the end of the first phase, despite a 4-2 victory against Costa Rica this Thursday, which was insufficient to open the door of the round of 16, after the defeat in the debut against Japan (2-1) and the draw (1-1) of the second day against Spain.
“The result doesn’t lie, but we have players who play for the best clubs in the world, and we have the quality,” Flick said in his post-match press conference.
“I think that for the future of German football we need to do things differently in training. For many years we have talked about new goalkeepers, new full-backs. What has always been good in German football is that we have always defended well. We need these elements. we need basic things“he added.
Flick, 57, said that “everyone is disappointed” by the elimination in the first round, the second in a row after Russia-2018, and lamented the wasted goal opportunities in the three games that his team played in Qatar.
