Soccer tennis on the beach
After a week full of personnel worries with the hoped-for victory against Latvia at the end, the DFB footballers are using the trip to Tel Aviv to catch their breath. After their arrival, Captain Jonathan Burkardt and Co. were able to enjoy the bright sunshine and the view during a round of football-tennis on the beach promenade.
Historical dimension in view
But the young team also has an eye on the historical dimension of the trip to Israel. During a conversation with Holocaust survivor Zvi Cohen, the professional soccer players delved deeply into German history. The 90-year-old was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp with his parents as a child in 1943. “It’s very interesting for us to get impressions from someone who saw it first-hand,” said Thielmann before the conversation. And the 42-year-old Di Salvo also announced that his team during the short trip to Israel “soak up the story” become.
The next day the team started with the final preparation for the game in Israel. Di Salvo and his team have known how strong the opponent is to be assessed since the first leg at the latest, when the German selection only turned a 1-2 win into an acclaimed 3-2 victory in the final stages of the debut of Stefan Kuntz’s successor. “If we go into the game with the same attitude, it won’t be quite as exciting this time,” predicted Thielmann.
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