Explains weak international matches
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Captain Joshua Kimmich has no doubt about the performance of the German national team before the hot phase of the World Cup qualification. The quality is enough to compete with the best teams. “At the moment, our problem is that we have problems against the small teams. And we have to park these problems so that we become more confident,” said the 30-year-old in the interview of “Place of view sport“Bavarian radio.
“Now the goal must first be that we qualify for the tournament at all,” said the long -time professional of FC Bayern. If you can better assert yourself against supposedly smaller opponents and this increase, “then I have no concerns that you can beat the best teams in the world and in Europe in 90 minutes or 120 minutes.”
The DFB selection had recently embarrassed itself at 0: 2 in Slovakia and had also had longer problems in the 3-1 win against Northern Ireland. Now on October 10th in Sinsheim against outsider Luxembourg, who just annoyed the Slovaks at a narrow 0: 1 until the end. In the upcoming encounter, the eleven of national coach Julian Nagelsmann is again a high favorite.
DFB captain Kimmich talks about the lack of rhythm
Only the group winner solves the direct ticket for the World Cup finals in the summer of 2026 in the USA, Canada and Mexico. If Germany misses the top, only the detour via the playoff round with two KO games in March. “We already know that we did not perform at our top level and that we still have a lot of work in front of us,” said Kimmich. After the home European Championship, “really good football and very, very good international matches” were shown. But then “one or the other player broke away” that the rhythm was missing. “You can feel that, if you are on the pitch with the same player more often, it is a little easier.”