Nagelsmann as favorite
National coach Hansi Flick apparently will not be on the sidelines for any further international matches for the DFB team. As the “Picture” reports, the 58-year-old will be released later on Sunday. The decision has been made. Sporting director Rudi Völler and youth director Hannes Wolf will take an interim seat on the bench for the friendly against France.
Update 4:28 p.m.: A few minutes later, the association announced Flick’s retirement as official. At the suggestion of President Bernd Neuendorf, the shareholders’ meeting and supervisory board of DFB GmbH and Co. KG decided to release the trainer and the two assistant coaches Marcus Sorg and Danny Röhl from their duties with immediate effect.
“The committees agreed that the senior men’s national team needed new impetus after recent disappointing results. With a view to the European Championships in our own country, we need a spirit of optimism and confidence. For me personally, it is one of the most difficult decisions of my time in office so far. Because I appreciate Hansi Flick and his assistant coaches as football experts and people. But sporting success is the top priority for the DFB. “The decision was therefore unavoidable,” explained Neuendorf. In addition to Völler and Wolf, Sandro Wagner (assistant U20 coach) will also be on the bench for a one-off game against France. The aim is to arrange Flick’s successor as quickly as possible.
Update 5:02 p.m.: “Hansi Flick has worn himself out over the past few months,” said Völler and said: “The Japan game clearly showed us that we can no longer make any progress in this situation.” The former team boss explained: “The most urgent task will be afterwards “To hire a national coach who will quickly realign our team and prepare it for the big European Championship tournament next year, from which we all hope to have positive impulses for German football and also for our entire country.” Völler admitted that this was “not an easy moment” for him. “I joined the DFB in February to support Hansi Flick with everything I could to have his back free so that he can be successful in sport.”
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Ex-Bayern coach Nagelsmann is considered the favorite to succeed Flick
The favorite to succeed Flick at the German Football Association is former Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann, writes “Bild”. After the 4-1 defeat against Japan in Wolfsburg on Saturday, Völler avoided making a clear commitment to Flick. “We should all do some introspection and think about how to proceed. Let’s see,” Völler said. Flick led a public training session on Sunday in Wolfsburg.
The 63-year-old Völler was team boss at the DFB between 2000 and 2004, originally he was only supposed to take over for a year until Christoph Daum would replace him. The cocaine affair made Völler the permanent solution. With Germany he became runner-up in the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. This time it will most likely be a short mission. Japan once again became a stumbling block for Flick – first at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and most recently on Saturday at the debacle in Wolfsburg.
After the bankruptcy at the start of the European Championship season, Flick continued to believe he was the “right coach” of the German national team. “I think we are doing well,” he said on “RTL”: “I can understand when there is criticism and when it is big. I can’t say anything more about it.” DFB President Bernd Neuendorf did not want to comment in the evening after the game. According to “WAZ” information, the possible dismissal of Flick was to be discussed at a crisis meeting on Sunday.
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“Now we’re going back to our quarters, calm down,” said sporting director Völler recently. “We just defended really badly. That doesn’t work at this level. We can definitely do better.” But: “We’re no longer the first guard in Europe.” There will be a bit of training on Sunday, “then on Tuesday we have another difficult game against France,” said Völler: “We should all go inside and see how it goes. Let’s see.”
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