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Unrest before the U21 European Championship? Coach Kuntz reacts to national coach rumors

2021-03-25T05:16:51.186Z


The U21 European Championship starts on March 24th in Slovenia and Hungary. Can Germany win the title? We accompany the tournament for you in the news ticker.


The U21 European Championship starts on March 24th in Slovenia and Hungary.

Can Germany win the title?

We accompany the tournament for you in the news ticker.

  • The U21 European Championship 2021 * will take place in Slovenia and Hungary from March 24th.

  • The group matches will be played between March 24th and 31st.

    The final round will not take place until May 31st to June 6th.

  • Here you won't miss anything about the U21 European Championship!

    We will keep you up to date in the news ticker during the group stage.

Munich / Szekesfehervar - It's finally here!

The U21 European Championship begins on Wednesday evening (9 p.m.) with the kick-off for the DFB team against Underdog and hosts Hungary.

Of course, only one win counts there.

However, the circumstances are once again special.

Just two days after arrival, things are getting serious for coach Stefan Kuntz's team.

A single team training session had to be enough before the first kick-off.

"Then we'll just play a group game without any preparation," said Kuntz in the German team hotel on the shores of Lake Velence.

Youngster Youssoufa Moukoko * from Borussia Dortmund will also be there.

The 16-year-old could become one of the shooting stars of this U21 European Championship, but Kuntz is putting a brake on expectations.

“The fact that Youssoufa was playing in the Bundesliga at the age of 16 speaks for his extraordinary talent.

But we work a lot with these talents, and we've seen a lot of talents fail, ”said the coach.

U21 EM: unrest before the start?

Coach Stefan Kuntz reacts to national coach rumors

The future of Kuntz has not yet been clarified either.

The European champion from 1996 is one of the favorites to succeed national coach Joachim Löw *, who will step down after the EM in the summer.

Video: DFB with cold start in U21 EM - "We don't have time"

However, the current U21 coach doesn't want to deal with the national coach question until after the tournament, in June.

“My focus is on a successful EM.

Then there will be time to think about it, “said the 58-year-old

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"If I start speculating about the future now, everyone can and would rightly criticize me because I am not fully concentrating on my task with the U21s," said Kuntz once again in the interview.

"I believe that there is currently no time pressure among those responsible for the national team to think about the successor to Löw," said the U21 national coach.

(smk / dpa / sid) * tz.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

Source: merkur

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