Ex-national players also followed the DFB team’s Nations League games. For example Lukas Podolski. However, the former fan favorite misses passion – and draws comparisons to his time.
Rio world champion Lukas Podolski misses the last enthusiasm for the DFB-Elf among the German national players. “The team is treading water and stagnating.”
“You don’t really know where you are and where you stand. I’m missing a bit of passion, the emotions, the positive mood in and around the team. Like it was in my time, for example,” said the 130- Former national players told the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger” before the national team’s game on Tuesday evening.
Flick is the one
Podolski, who is currently under contract with the Polish first division club Gornik Zabrze, therefore demands: “The national team must be able to generate enthusiasm again.” However, Hansi Flick is absolutely the right coach for him.
The 36-year-old attacker sees no quick solution to the current striker crisis. “We haven’t had the classic centre-forward, who exudes a great goal threat, for a few years. Miro Klose and Mario Gomez were the last of their kind. But you can’t bake these striker types in a hurry, so you can’t always complain about it and weep, but you have to find other solutions now.”