The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is in full swing. What news is there about the eliminated German national team? How are the other teams doing? What happens off the pitch at the controversial desert tournament?
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Matthäus sees no alternative for Flick
Curious curse for the DFB team
Neymar back in training
+++ 09:58: FIFA criticized for Siebert üüü
Former FIFA referee Thorsten Kinhöfer has severely criticized the world football association for the inadequate protection of the German World Cup referee Daniel Siebert.
“I’m really getting a headache: Inside, there are tons of FIFA chiefs running around with folders under their arms and buttons in their ears. But I missed the security staff who guided the referees safely into the catacombs,” Kinhöfer wrote in his column in the picture on Sunday: “It’s better organized in every district league game.”
Siebert was attacked violently by the South American players after two-time world champions Uruguay lost the World Cup. Despite beating Ghana 2-0 (2-0) in the group final, Uruguay missed out on the round of 16. Captain Luis Suarez’s side were missing a goal. The Uruguayans blamed Siebert for denying them a penalty.
“I can understand the (subjective) displeasure. When you have to decide such contentious scenes as a referee, one party always feels betrayed,” wrote Kinhöfer: “But the Uruguayans have (once again) completely overshot the mark.”
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+++ 7:19 a.m .: Strange curse for the DFB team +++
Superstitious people do not have good news for German football. At the World Cup in Qatar, a law continued that can have devastating effects on the national team. No reigning winner of the Confederations Cup has ever become world champion.
The DFB team won the 2017 event, which was once held as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup, with a hopeful young team. Eight players from the current World Cup squad headed by national coach Hansi Flick were in Russia at the time. The problem: the competition has been abolished, there will be no successor winner. The football curse hangs on the national team.
The evidence: Both in 2018 and this year in Qatar, the DFB selection failed in the World Cup group phase. The Confed Cup winners Argentina (1994), Brazil (1998, 2006, 2010 and 2014) and France (2002) also remained uncrowned at the next World Cup tournament. So Germany will never be soccer world champion again? The only solution for the DFB is probably an application to FIFA to reintroduce the competition in summer 2025, a year before the World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA.
Even worse: the chances for the home EM 2024 are bad. The Confed curse obviously also extends to the European title fights. Denmark (1996), France (2004) and Germany (2021) were unlucky as holders of the Mini World Cup at the next European Championship.
+++ 7:01 a.m .: Matthäus sees no alternative for Flick +++
After the early exit from the World Cup, Lothar Matthäus accused the German Football Association (DFB) of not having got the debate about the “One Love” armband banned by the world association FIFA under control.
“The DFB negligently failed to make a clear decision in time so that the focus could be on football,” wrote the record German international in an article for the “Bild” newspaper.
Matthäus also criticized Oliver Bierhoff. The DFB director is rightly criticized, after all the results have not been right for five years. “So you have to ask if he’s still the right one! Of course it’s also his responsibility that the pad issue escalated.”
National coach Hansi Flick, on the other hand, strengthened Matthäus. Personal consequences should not be ruled out after the World Cup in the preliminary round, wrote the 61-year-old. “Nevertheless, I think that Hansi Flick must remain national coach, and I don’t see any better available alternative.” The former world champion captain explained: “Hansi has what it takes. And is self-critical enough to learn from his mistakes.”
+++ 8:53 p.m .: Neymar back in training +++
Nine days after his ankle injury, Brazil’s soccer star Neymar has resumed ball training, fueling hopes of playing in the World Cup round of 16 against South Korea on Monday (8 p.m. CET / ZDF and MagentaTV). In a video published by the national association CBF, the 30-year-old can be seen without any symptoms warming up with the ball in the circle of players and during shot training.
The Paris St. Germain striker suffered a ligament injury in his right ankle in the opening game against Serbia (2-0) and missed the Selecao in the other two group games against Switzerland (1-0) and Cameroon (0-1). noticeable. The green light for his assignment should only be given after the final training session on Sunday.
Striker Gabriel Jesus and left-back Alex Telles will be sidelined through injury for the remainder of the World Cup. According to the FIFA regulations, a subsequent nomination by the Selecao is no longer possible. Both players suffered knee injuries against Cameroon.
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