The national team thrilled the audience in Wolfsburg with nine goals. There are many on the lawn who would not have had this chance without the Corona scare. Hansi Flick has a large selection.
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The DFB players made both their coach and the fans happy in Wolfsburg. Photo: Christian Charisius / dpa (Image: dpa)
(Foto: Christian Charisius/dpa)
Wolfsburg – At the end of an emotional and scoring game, Hansi Flick also fulfilled one last wish. After a lengthy TV interview, the national coach turned to the small remaining crowd on the north stand, smiled and said hello.
“Hansi, Hansi” and “Hansi, wink ‘, had sung the happy supporters of the German national soccer team, which thrilled the audience yesterday in the cold Wolfsburg despite the Corona horror at the beginning of the week.
«That was really successful. The interaction between the team and the fans was great, a great atmosphere, ”said Flick after the 9: 0 (4: 0) against the hopeless and early decimated outsider Liechtenstein in the World Cup qualification. «You have to say that the team tried to create opportunities again and again. We should have done one or the other goal more. But in the end we are very satisfied. ”
Praise and anticipation
In the stands, ex-national coach Joachim Löw was delighted with the biggest DFB victory since the 13-0 win against San Marino in September 2006. Before kick-off he had been adopted by some of his Rio world champions and with much applause from the audience. “Of course, you always have to put into perspective the fact that we don’t have any extremely difficult opponents in our group,” said double goal scorer Thomas Müller in an RTL interview.
Apart from Flick, no other national coach has achieved six wins in the first six wins. The 56-year-old is flying with his team to Armenia this Saturday, where the last German international match of the year will take place in Yerevan on Sunday (6 p.m. / RTL). “With absolute anticipation,” said Flick, I’m going on the trip. “We want to get a good degree there.”
The national coach has the big picture in mind, “the path” he wants to take with the team to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and beyond. «We want to develop every game. We want to use every game for this, even with a team in which many had the chance to attract attention, ”said Flick.
After the positive corona test at Niklas Süle’s arrival at the Autostadt on Monday evening had triggered “a bit of a hustle and bustle” (Flick), the Bayern defense chief and four professionals classified as contact persons, including top performers Joshua Kimmich and Serge Gnabry, had to be quarantined. In addition, three professionals fell out, Kai Havertz was suspended. The nominated XXL squad shrank to normal despite subsequent nominations.
Three Wolfsburg professionals on the pitch
In Wolfsburg, the three VfL professionals Maximilian Arnold, Lukas Nmecha and Ridle Baku, who won a dream goal, stood together on the pitch. Not an everyday situation in a national team. Liechtenstein was a grateful opponent, the arduous run in the 2-0 first leg in September was not repeated. “The training units were a lot of fun because we saw that there is the will, the willingness to implement the idea we have from football,” said Flick.
Competition is lively, but in Armenia the options for Flick are limited. In Wolfsburg, Marc-André ter Stegen was one of four goalkeepers not in the squad, that should change. Defense chief Antonio Rüdiger is missing a yellow card. Leon Goretzka is fit after the nasty foul by Jens Hofer, which led to a dismissal and penalty in the 9th minute, and should fly, said Flick: “Leon is a player we need, especially in the current situation.”
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