Germany in North Macedonia in the live ticker: Why there is so much at stake for Flick this evening

In the best case scenario, Germany can qualify for the 2022 World Cup in North Macedonia tonight.

Hansi Flick can count on Manuel Neuer again.

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North Macedonia - Germany -: - (- :-), today, 8.45 p.m.

Munich / Skopje - The German national team * cannot do it on its own.

Nevertheless, for the DFB team of national coach Hansi Flick * this Monday evening in Skopje against North Macedonia, the best case scenario is the qualification for the 2022 World Cup.

The calculation behind it: If Germany wins today against North Macedonia * and Armenia loses in a parallel game in Romania, the four-time world champion is qualified for the winter tournament in Qatar (November 21 to December 18).

Because then the German national team * would have eight points ahead of the runner-up in the European group J.

North Macedonia - Germany in the live ticker: chance of World Cup qualification

With the Winter World Cup firmly in view, the former coach of FC Bayern Munich * and his team are already meticulously working on the subtleties of football.

"The last pass," said Flick after Germany's 2: 1 (0: 1) against Romania.

But not only because of the “enormous will to win” there was already a lot of “what we imagine”.

In the video: Schweinsteiger criticizes national coach Flick

World champion and

expert Bastian Schweinsteiger

sees a need to catch up

in the defensive work of the DFB team *. “I think the national team still lacks a bit of a defensive structure. Hansi Flick plays very offensively, a lot of Hui. You can't say ugh at the back because you haven't lost many games or conceded goals. But in every game the opponent always had good counter opportunities, "the 37-year-old explained in the

:" If you play against a better team, that can give you a blow in the neck. The German national team has to arm itself for this. Hansi knows that too, that was exactly the same at Bayern Munich *. ”Will the defensive work tonight?

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