After the 1-1 draw against the Netherlands, the majority of the German national team was content. Nevertheless, there were also criticisms of the performance in Amsterdam. The voices of those involved at a glance:
Hansi Flick (national coach): “For the spectators it was a top game with high intensity. We had the opponent under control for 60 minutes and should have made it 2-0 through David Raum. Huge compliments to my team, it’s just nice how they play, how everyone is going along the way: courageous, refreshing, self-confident. We can be satisfied with the 1-1, although we would have preferred to win.”
Manuel Neuer (Captain): “In the direction of Qatar we have to use every test seriously, that’s valuable. That was decent for long stretches. All in all, the team is on the right track.”
Thomas Müller: “I shot my heart out, nice and good. But in the end we were 1-1, from the 65th minute we lost control a bit and gave up the ball too easily. But that’s kind of okay logically on the way to where we want to go.”
Antonio Ruediger: “It could have been better in the first half, we had more play and better chances. In the second half we had a phase in which we just passed the ball back and forth, the opponent had a chance and has it used.”