“Think he’ll win the game”
Sharp criticism of national coach Julian Nagelsmann
May 9, 2026 – 7:36 a.mReading time: 1 min.
Uli Hoeneß never tires of criticizing Julia Nagelsmann. What he is now accusing the national coach of.
Bayern’s honorary president Uli Hoeneß has once again lashed out against national coach Julian Nagelsmann and publicly criticized him. “If Germany manages to become a team even though the coach hasn’t managed to play with the same team twice in a row – then we have a chance,” said the 74-year-old in an interview with the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung” with a view to the DFB team’s prospects at the World Cup in the summer.
It is not the first time that Hoeneß has attacked Nagelsmann. This time the Munich patron drew a comparison with “his” FC Bayern. “The situation is the same as ours,” said Hoeneß, adding: “Before the season, everyone said: the squad is too small, the squad isn’t good enough. But then the coach made all the players better and, above all, he turned the players into a team.”
Hoeneß also explained the core of his criticism: “Our national coach believes he will win the game. No, the team will win the game.” Hoeneß said Nagelsmann lacked a bit of “this willingness to listen and accept”: “He will have to live with his decisions. If he is successful, I will be the first to congratulate him. If not, then it will be difficult for him.”
The World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico starts on June 11th. Germany is in a group with Curaçao, Ivory Coast and Ecuador.
