He was our Wembley hero, now he waddles the DFB and Jogi - sayings fireworks before England game

Germany will meet England in the European Championship round of 16.

First of all, there is heavy criticism from a former national player.

London - “Let it go, it's too far for you.

I'll do it right away. ”The well-informed German soccer fan knows this statement.

And he knows exactly what happened after those words were uttered in London on October 7, 2000.

The wrecking ball!

Didi Hamann * didn't think twice and thundered a free kick from 32 meters straight into the heart of England.

In the end, Germany won the eternally young duel against the Three Lions 1-0.

Hamann, the England legionnaire in the ranks of the DFB * -Elf, made history: His hammer was the last hit in the venerable Wembley Stadium.

The historic football palace was no longer used as a venue after this game.

In 2003 it was demolished and in 2007 the new Wembley Stadium was opened in the same place.

EM 2021: Didi Hamann with violent DFB criticism before the round of 16 against England

Now Germany and England * see each other again: On June 29th there will be the EM * eighth-finals.

And Didi Hamann is making headlines again, because: In an interview, the former national player and current TV expert criticized the DFB-Elf and Joachim Löw sharply.

“I have the impression that there are three parts of the team on the pitch that are not connected to each other. There is not much to be seen of homogeneity or good chemistry, ”the 47-year-old told the

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

.

But also outside the field, the former professional of Liverpool FC claims to have identified deficits in the selection of the German Football Association.

“Of course the players say the team spirit is great.

But these are phrases.

The players cannot say: 'I have doubts whether we are really a unit.'

I saw four or five players at this tournament and I already had doubts about the cohesion, ”said Hamann, who was also critical of the fact that Thomas Müller and Mats Hummels were brought back to the DFB team by national coach Joachim Löw * expressed.

Didi Hamann goes to Joachim Löw: Criticism because of Thomas Müller and Mats Hummels

“For two weeks” there was “suddenly no other topic”. “It was only about the two of them in the media. It would be surprising if one or the other of the team didn't ask themselves: 'What's that supposed to mean?' ”Said Hamann.

Some players “had little or nothing to do with Hummels and Müller so far.

You never really met either of them.

But how do you want to make up for that in a Campo Bavaria in ten days?

How does that work?

Löw took away his players the chance to become a team and grow together, "said Hamann and emphasized:" Everyone had known for a long time that Müller and Hummels would return to the European Championship.

If the national coach had brought them back last autumn at the latest, then he would at least have given the team the opportunity to get to know each other in at least five or six games and over several months. "

EM 2021: Hamann also goes for Gündogan and Kroos

In addition, Hamann considers the German midfield with Ilkay Gündogan and Toni Kroos to be a "faulty construction".

With this duo “you can't stand up to the best teams.

That is impossible.

The whole team is not in balance with that ”.

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