The German national soccer team lost the friendly against Turkey in the Berlin Olympic Stadium 2:3 (1:2). The voices:
Julian Nagelsmann (National coach at RTL): “The first goal conceded was played quite simply, where we defended a bit too aggressively from the chain. A goal conceded that was too easy at the end. A few didn’t reach the emotional level, didn’t go to the limit. If we close the game in the first ten minutes, there will be a different result. Kai Havertz played an outstanding game.”
Ilkay Gündogan (National player and captain at RTL): “We became too lethargic. We started well and then had one or two good chances to decide the game after 20 minutes. Then we were no longer determined enough. That wasn’t the case against the ball the pressure we wanted to create – especially against their central defenders. We weren’t aggressive enough. They score the goals after we made mistakes. We were just too passive. That can’t be the case. Maybe it was just too good a start into the game. In the end we were always one step further away, especially in the first half. It feels like we lost the game in the first half.”
Lothar Matthäus (Record national player and RTL expert): “The Turkish success is okay. They were the more active team. Turkey was the more well-rehearsed team than the German one. 4-2-3-1, that should be the basic system of the German team . Then later there was the three-man chain again, which the German team does not dominate. The team is not as well-coordinated in some positions as the Turkish team. In my opinion, Gündogan and Kimmich do not fit together in the double six. I believe that they are not good for each other.”