“It will be difficult to qualify”
Plain text announcement by captain Kimmich
Updated on 05.09.2025 – 2:05 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
His task as a captain is now more important than ever: Joshua Kimmich has to motivate the DFB team-and becomes clear after the defeat against Slovakia.
DFB captain Joshua Kimmich wants to realize his dream of the title at the World Cup next year. But: With a performance by the German national team like against Slovakia on Thursday evening (0: 2) in qualifying for the tournament, nothing becomes of it. After the desolate performance, the captain expressed a plain text announcement.
The Bayern professional became clear after the final whistle: “If we continue like this, it will be very difficult for us to qualify for the World Cup.” The experienced player immediately pushed after: “It was not due to any system, any tactic, four chain. We missed the greed. We weren’t gripped. We weren’t poisonous in the duels. We did not support ourselves. We didn’t get the posture over 90 minutes. That shouldn’t happen to us.”
“We all know what is at stake. And I expect that you notice this against Northern Ireland and we show a reaction,” said the captain, who emphasized: “It is not at all that one looks at the other, that we accuse each other. We are all sitting in a boat. What should not happen to us is that we are now disassembling ourselves and lose this faith and this group.”