Not yet at U21 European Championship
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DFB Managing Director Andreas Rettig is surprised by critical media reports about the absence of national coach Julian Nagelsmann at the U21 European Championship. “This is a bit of a German phenomenon. Jogi Löw was criticized as a national coach because he supposedly only watches the games in Freiburg. At Jürgen Klinsmann, the country went under when he was not hard -working to sit in the stands at the games. And, and, and.
Unlike the 62-year-old and sports director Rudi Völler, Nagelsmann has so far not followed the German U21 game in Slovakia in the stadium. In the event of a final in the DFB selection, the national coach wants to be there live as a grandstandast on Saturday (9:00 p.m.) in Bratislava.
“I saw the games on site. I did not see Mr. Tuchel or Mr. Deschamps or other coaches. Mr. Gattuso was there because he just started his new job,” said Rettig, pointing to other nations. Gennaro Gattuso took over the Italian national team a few days ago. Thomas Tuchel is a coach of the English national team, Didier Deschamps of French.
Rettig: Julian Nagelsmann is a lot about the U21 national team
One can be sure “that Julian not only takes a large part, but also deals with the games in terms of content,” said Rettig. “Assume that he is already a lot to the well -being and woe to the team.” Like Völler and U21 national coach Antonio di Salvo, Rettig spoke of a very close exchange.
The German U21 national team will meet France in the semi-finals on Wednesday (9:00 p.m./SAT.1). Opponents by Nick Woltemade and Co. In a final in the end of the game, the Netherlands or England would be 2-1 in the group phase.