The German footballers will play the last Nation League group game against hosts Austria on Tuesday evening. At the same time, the duel with the Alpine Republic is the dress rehearsal for the European Championship in Switzerland.
The players of the German Football Association (DFB) rarely live as central as currently in Vienna. The Danube flows right in front of the hotel. Once over the bridge and in a few minutes you can reach the Stephansdom in the heart of the Austrian metropolis on foot. “Vienna is really very nice. I was already walking and drinking coffee. The city is very large and very clean,” striker Selina Cerci says enthusiastically.
Wück surprises team with a musical visit
Just like from the previous evening. There had been a real surprise for the players. The entire team was allowed to visit the Falco Musical “Rock Me Amadeus”. If the national coach did not have his fingers in the game in advance.
“I am the biggest musical fan anyway. It was simply the development of Falco, the history of Falco, which drove him and ultimately destroyed him, that was already impressive,” explains Christian Wück in the ARD interview almost inspired and adds that his team deserved Vienna after the game last Friday against the Netherlands in Bremen.
Performance against the Netherlands as a new bar
He is right, because the appearance of his team in the 4-0 win against “Oranje”, who at the same time meant the group victory in the Nations League, may have been the best since Wück was a national coach. His team has now “placed the bar very high”. The performance now has to be confirmed in Vienna.
The Austrians, which he expected on Tuesday evening (8.30 p.m., live in the first one) with a midfield, had caused his team in the first leg (4: 1) with the early goal in the third minute. This time the DFB team wants to avoid such an initial phase and appear as concentrated and enthusiastic and enthusiastic as against the Netherlands.
“Everyone wants to go full throttle again and show themselves,” promises Cerci. The striker of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, which was recently only changed, can hope for a start-up mission in Vienna.
Wück announces personnel changes
“We will change something in four positions. We still want to see something from players that we say, they still deserve a chance with regard to the European Championship,” reveals Wück. And this should also include Cerci, who achieved a hat trick a month ago when playing against Scotland (6-1) in Wolfsburg after their substitution.
“I am there when I am needed,” says the attacker, who of course also hopes for her EM ticket. The national coach will still thin out the line -up for the tournament in Switzerland (July 2 to 27). “The squad is in my head,” says Wück, for whom the European Championship is the first big tournament with the DFB women. And after Falco and Vienna, his players want to rock Switzerland.
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Sports show | 03.06.2025 | 8:15 p.m.
