National coach Nagelsmann praises the DFB team after the trip to the USA and is not worried

I saw the game tonight, here’s my take on it.

Mexico was indeed a strong opponent. The way they played reminded me of Italy at the last European Championship. Aggressive and compact at the back, but not always confident and confident in contrast to Italy, usually extremely fast and direct at the front and outnumbered by a few high-quality players.
When they had time to move up it became even more dangerous, with the midfield not quite having the quality of the first line of attack.

The German defense had big problems with this. This was largely due to the setup.
I would describe it like this: a 3-man chain + a left-wing player who stands 20 m in front of the defense, plus Gündogan as a 6-man for building up the game and passing point, often only 5 m in front of the defensive line.
This led to a huge hole in the LV because Gosens was almost never present there and when he was, then too late, like when the cross for the second goal was created, where there was so much space in the middle that it was a 1.67 m Mexican scores the header goal.

On the right side, Süle, as part of a 3-man chain without a line player in front of him, had far too much space that he had to protect, especially since he is better when he comes out of the penalty area than when he protects the sideline, which he has never learned and where he is pretty good seems lost.
In addition, there is this (im)kind of German defense, in which balls are not hit forward or cleared into touch, but instead you force yourself to combine at the back. As a result, they often put themselves in unnecessary trouble against advancing Mexicans and so the first goal was conceded after a pass from Rüdiger that was too short.

I liked Thiaw better and more clearly after his substitution, you can tell that he can hardly afford to make any mistakes at Milan due to the competition and opponents.

I actually only liked Germany offensively in the second half of the first half, after they had adjusted a bit to the pressure from the Mexicans.
The structure of the game using Gündogan, Wirtz, Musiala and Groß has been called that for years, especially the first three mentioned have security on the ball, which should actually always be the case with this team. After the substitutions of Wirtz and Groß, the game seemed more complicated and less attractive to me.
Despite good combinations, the German forward game is not direct and goal-oriented enough for me. So the 1-0 (still undeserved at the time) had to come from a corner. The second goal in one of the few situations where it was quickly prepared by Sane with a move to the goal and a subsequent pass into the middle.
Filling jug – not a feast for the eyes – but as always there when needed.

Gosens is very present at the front, but not present at the back. Müller can hardly be seen in such a fast-paced game, but is still a goal threat. If you want to control the game, I wouldn’t bring them both right from the start, but in the last half hour when the opponent gets tired they can make the difference.

Conclusion:
If you compare the N11 under Nagelsmann with the one under Flick, you can finally see motivation and commitment again.
If you compare the N11 under Nagelsmann and Völler, I miss the simplicity and a clear concept.
If you tend to have problems defensively, you should play with a simple chain of 4 and not give players an asymmetrical chain of 3, which tends to create holes even with optimal shifts.
I’ve missed direct play going forward for years. Too much is being sought at the front and back to have the majority, instead of asking the players to trust in their abilities and sometimes find their way to the goal when they are outnumbered in order to make the game quick. Even if this requires high technical skills, longer passes that are harder to process, overview and timing, more speed and more space would be the reward.
I would only let the whole team train 3 against 6.

Instead, too much emphasis is placed on keeping the ball, according to the motto that if we have the ball, the others can’t score a goal. Which doesn’t even work because the ball losses are all the more surprising and dangerous if you don’t master the short passing game like Spain or City.

So far the team is still benefiting from the motivation under a new coach, with one win and one draw. The initial motivation under Flick led to 8 wins in a row.
Approaches can be seen, but I remain skeptical that there will be a functioning concept for all parts of the team under Nagelsmann until the European Championships (or in the long term). He is now repeating mistakes from his time at Bayern too much, both front and back, and the differences between his idea of ​​football and Flick’s are too small.