Kimmich in constant fire: Now Khedira puts her finger in the wound
Created: 10/12/2022 11:16 am
By: Stefan Schmid
Criticism of Joshua Kimmich's performance has been getting louder lately.
Now, with Sami Khedira, another world champion from 2014 is following suit.
Munich – In a few weeks, Bayern star Joshua Kimmich should carry the German national team as one of the top performers as far as possible at the World Cup in Qatar, but his performance is increasingly being criticized.
Now Sami Khedira, world champion of 2014, joined the critical voices and took the same line as Philipp Lahm and Markus Babbel did.
Kimmich has to "become a little cleverer tactically"
For Sami Khedira, the subject of the interview with
Sport Bild
was not Joshua Kimmich's indisputably high quality on the ball, but rather his tactical behavior.
This is “a small point of criticism for Kimmich”, who holds the position of six at FC Bayern Munich as well as in the national team.
There, according to Khedira, Kimmich had to "take a step back sometimes, play smarter" and "sometimes want less."
Sami Khedira and Joshua Kimmich played together at the 2018 World Cup.
© Gladys Chai from the Laage
You'd think nobody could complain when a player keeps wanting more, but this is about the whole fabric of the team on the pitch.
The goal for Kimmich must be to focus more on “the issue of remaining defense” so that the “offensive players can rely on someone standing behind them and clearing away.” The Bayern star’s lack of a defensive mindset has recently also been revealed Ex-DFB captain Philipp Lahm chalked up.
"World-class player Joshua Kimmich" on the wrong track
However, Khedira does not want his criticism of Kimmich to be too high: The shortcomings expressed are only "a small point of criticism, if there is one at all about the world-class player Joshua Kimmich." However, this small point of criticism should not be neglected, because the teammates rely on that the six acts in his position and not, as Markus Babbel put it, "doing gymnastics everywhere, just not where he should play."
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It is to be hoped that Kimmich will return to his basic skills, which are so important for the team, by the time of the World Cup at the latest.
Julian Nagelsmann should also be happy about that, who is currently having to put up with the "Trainer Talent" speech from Karl-Heinz Rummenigge again.
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