After Watzke’s advance
Michael Reschke cannot understand the criticism of the youth reform in the German Football Association. “I am completely shocked at how much nonsense is being said about it,” said the former technical director of FC Bayern Munich in the talk show “Doppelpass” on the TV channel “Sport1” on Sunday: “There are a lot of good aspects in it. That’s why it surprises me how many people now criticize with a quarter of a clue – I deliberately don’t say half-knowledge.”
All winners of the Fritz Walter Medal in Gold (U17)
Most recently, DFB Vice President Hans-Joachim Watzke, of all people, described parts of the reform, which was unanimously approved by the DFB Federal Youth Day in 2022 after a pilot phase lasting several years, as “unbelievable” and “incomprehensible”. From the 2024/25 season, for example, new forms of play will be mandatory in the U6 to U11 age groups, replacing the previous competition offerings as fixed formats.
U21 national coach Antonio Di Salvo, among others, does not believe that the elimination of tables and results could have a negative impact on the winning mentality: “There used to be tables, now we move from the left field to the right field.” Reschke also believes in that Success of the reform: “Something coherent and meaningful came out after many experts sat together.” The 65-year-old has been Head of Europe at the consulting agency “ICM Stellar” since March 2021.
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