Ter Stegen: “Must be honest”
06.06.2025 18:01 | 3: 04m
The German national soccer team meets France in the game for 3rd place on the Nations League. In an interview with RTL/NTV and Sport.de, Marc-André Ter Stegen comments on the location of the DFB-Elf.
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What? Well, the focus is again. Unfortunately, these are also part of the sport and in this case we will have to donate the focus and will have to see that we will put everything in on Sunday, and then at least reach the minimum goal. We have had very, very good games, even in the past few months. And we should definitely stick to that because I think we have done great football and have shown over the last few months and also that the tournament is here at home.
It may also be important now in this current phase of the Nations League, but still a good damper at the right time.
Especially when you play for titles, I think a damper is never really welcome. But we nevertheless. I think we have to assess that correctly. We have to be honest. In any case. This is us and accordingly I don’t see a big problem in it. We will now also try to end the calendar year or the season well to make the hook behind it somewhere and to get out with a good and positive feeling. I think we have difficult games ahead of us, then from September and the better it would be if we end it well.
Mark You know the FIFA world rankings Germany at the moment to ten. Know Spanish football well, of course watch the Champions League and all of this. Is that realistic? Where is Germany currently? Is that just upscale middle class?
Well, of course, this also has an impact on the results that you can achieve. Then I think Nations League has more worth more in the games. And then more points are pulled off if I remember correctly. And accordingly. Yes, I think it is important that you see and that we know where it is where we are. Because our goal is to climb even further up and then over the games again. Getting up step by step is our goal. But yes, it is. It is good for our awareness to know okay, we are here and our goal is to get up.
The quality is missing from time to time a bit in width. For example, if you saw the bank yesterday, for example, what is still coming when you have seen the Portuguese, what comes from the bank, this is what is missing in your eyes in your eyes.
So on the day I thought okay on the match day, the players who come in, they all have international experience. We have a very, very good team and we know that the squad is very, very well put together. And I think we see ourselves as a team, we see ourselves as a team, but we have a lot, a lot of quality. And as I had just said at the beginning, that is what is now about to put it on, then play it and now we have the opportunity again in two days.