SecondWant one thing Hans Frick In the top game with Armenia, he made his home debut as a national coach. “So it is important that our coach is not blind,” Flick began to make a plain text statement at the press conference of the Stuttgart national football team on Saturday.
He doesn’t like the nagging tone that publicly evaluates the meager scoring rate in the 2-0 first game against Liechtenstein. This must be done before the duel for the first place in Group J World Cup qualifiers on Sunday (8:45pm ET). Live broadcast of FAZ World Cup Qualifiers And the surprise leader around Dortmund in the RTL) confrontation Henry Michtayan Definitely say.
“We are not here to talk. We can’t be satisfied with the number of goals we scored,” Frick added. The 56-year-old can also understand the disappointment of the fans, of which 18,000 will return to the stadium in Stuttgart. But: “At the beginning of your journey together, other things are also important to the coach,” Flick clarified. The “will” of the player, the “impulse” to keep moving forward. These tactical elements are very important to Flick. He wants to see them play against Armenia again.
“Sometimes you can only win 2-0”
Flicks’ leading scorer Timo Werner Don’t want to overestimate the argument about the low shooting percentage against an unnamed team. “Sometimes you will win a game 8-0, 9-0. Then you can only win 2-0,” said the Chelsea forward, who has often faced a personal striker crisis during his career.
“We play football to make it interesting. We have set a goal for this and let us solve it,” Werner asked before the game. International competition At his home in Stuttgart. In any case, Werner said that for the Qatar World Cup, it is more important to use a few opportunities against top opponents, rather than use many opportunities against outsiders.
Drinking Coke and popcorn, Werner and his teammates began to prepare for the Armenian game on Friday night. They spent a fast-paced night in the cinema. The national team players chose an action movie. Flick thinks this is good, even if he chooses a different evening entertainment. The national team coach pointed out that now the speed should be taken from striptease to the court. With a victory, DFB-Elf belongs to Flick for granted: the first place in the qualifying group, which will bring direct World Cup tickets to Qatar in November.
Manuel Neuer returned to the goal in the second step of asking Frick to make the first three-guarantee nine-point goal. The captain was ready to start again after an ankle injury.Like Thomas Muller, unable to play due to muscle problems, Neuer will play the 100th international game before the start of the game DFB pleasure. Especially for Mueller, this is a hard-won honor: it was celebrated about three years ago. Then Joachim Löw disembarked and played international games without fans.
Full-back Robin Gosens, who injured his foot in the Liechtenstein game shortly before the end, will play in Armenia. The left foot capsule injury may allow use in the third international game of Reykjavik against Iceland. “He is getting better,” Frick reported. For Gosens, the 23-year-old David Laum from Hoffenheim can make his first appearance on the A team. However, the national team coach does not want to promise this solution in advance.
“We are not ready to disclose the list, but we have other options. So let’s wait and see,” Frick said. He may also need a substitute for Kai Havertz, who showed mild flu-like symptoms on Saturday. Flick doesn’t really want to rotate a lot. He announced that most of Liechtenstein’s top eleven will participate in the competition again. Score as many points as possible, not against Liechtenstein.
