Anger analysis after World Cup shame: Schweinsteiger dismantles the German team - "It's not ripped off"

Created: 11/23/2022, 6:33 p.m

By: Patrick Mayer

Critical expert: Bastian Schweinsteiger at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, here with ARD presenter Esther Sedlaczek.

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Germany embarrassed itself at the 2022 World Cup against Japan.

Ex-national player Bastian Schweinsteiger shows no mercy in his analysis for ARD.

Not even towards Hansi Flick.

Munich/Qatar - Germany, a tournament team?

There's nothing left of that!

At the 2022 World Cup, the German national football team made a fool of themselves 1: 2 (1: 0) against Japan.

And that despite the fact that the DFB team played a game against one goal in the first half.

World Cup 2022: Germany embarrassed itself against Japan

But: The lead from a penalty kick by Ilkay Gündogan (33rd minute) was ultimately not enough because Jamal Musiala, Serge Gnabry, Thomas Müller and Kai Havertz missed even the very best of opportunities on the offensive.

The two Bundesliga professionals Ritsu Doan (76th / SC Freiburg) and Takuma Asano (83rd / VfL Bochum) finally turned the game in ar-Rayyan for the blatant outsider.

The disillusionment at the DFB, self-declared one of the favorites for the World Cup, was correspondingly huge after the game.

And so the former tournament team Germany has only won two of the last nine games at European and World Championships.

What's more: the last time a German selection gave away a lead at a World Cup break was in 1978 - in the legendary "Disgrace of Córdoba" against Austria (2: 3).

Both teams were eliminated from the tournament in Argentina at the time.

A bad omen for the World Cup in Qatar (20 November to 18 December).

On Sunday (8 p.m., on

in the live ticker) the German team has to play against Spain, which didn’t give Costa Rica a chance on Wednesday evening – “La Furia Roja” was already 3-0 up at the break.

In the video: Bitter World Cup start – Germany loses 1: 2 against Japan

Bastian Schweinsteiger is someone who knows how to reverse the trend at a World Cup.

The 2014 world champion ruthlessly dismantled the game of the DFB team as an ARD expert - and revealed the defensive as a major weakness.

“We made big mistakes on defense again.

And as long as we have that, we will lose the games.

It's as simple as that. We have to fix the mistakes, otherwise we won't stand a chance against Spain.

If we don't put the PS on the pitch, we're out," said the long-time FC Bayern player in an interview with presenter Esther Sedlaczek.

Schweinsteiger continued: "It's really disappointing that we lose a game like that.

But it also shows where we are right now.

We've had these mistakes in other games as well."

Germany's World Cup disgrace against Japan: ARD expert Bastian Schweinsteiger dismantles the DFB team

What the 38-year-old from Upper Bavaria specifically criticized: "We don't have the quality to get the ball out from behind.

We didn't manage to play from behind in the second half." Niklas Süle, Antonio Rüdiger, Nico Schlotterbeck - the defenders didn't have a pass station, "because nobody in the offensive area wanted this (

.)" , the former captain of the national team explained on ARD: "Especially in the defensive group, there were simple mistakes again today.

Schlotterbeck in the second half with his positional mistakes.

That's not ripped off, that's not clever enough.

We absolutely have to improve on that, otherwise we don’t have a chance against Spain.”

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Schweinsteiger's assessment coincided with that of Gündogan.

"We don't have the opportunity to play from behind.

We lack conviction," said the 32-year-old Manchester City player: "We lost the short (

.) that we played relatively easily.

You got the feeling that not everyone wanted the ball.

We lost the ball way too easily and way too often.”

Bastian Schweinsteiger: ARD expert ruthlessly analyzes the German game of the 2022 World Cup

That's not all: In Schweinsteiger's analysis, national coach Hansi Flick didn't come off well either.

"Due to Japan's tactical switch to a 5-3-2 system, we no longer had access.

As a result, the Japanese came back into the game," he said and criticized with a lot of emphasis in his voice: "The Japanese have changed, then you have to realize: How do I play against the ball?

We didn't find a solution. ”He couldn't really understand the change flicks either.

After 67 minutes, the 57-year-old from Baden took off the experienced Müller (for Jonas Hofmann) and Gündogan (for Leon Goretzka), who had given the game structure.

A great team excels in difficult situations.

I missed that today. 

Bastian Schweinsteiger on ARD

"If he wasn't tired, I don't know: Thomas at least tried to offer himself and keep the ball with his experience," said Schweinsteiger.

The former midfield strategist now takes responsibility for the current team: “A great team excels in difficult situations.

I missed that today.

There are no players on the field who can take matters into their own hands.

I just miss body language.

Players who throw in, have the ball and want to defend it.

Sometimes to be a bit angry."