"Absolute nonsense": Flick and Schweinsteiger with a live exchange of blows on ARD

Created: 12/02/2022 10:31 am

By: Corbinian Kothny

Bastian Schweinsteiger criticizes the attitude of the DFB-Elf after the World Cup.

Hansi Flick cannot understand that and exchanges blows briefly.

Munich

– The 2022 World Cup is history for the German national team.

Despite a 4-2 victory in the final game against Costa Rica, the DFB team is not good enough for the round of 16.

After the second World Cup preliminary round in a row, expert Bastian Schweinsteiger mainly criticized the players, as reported by tz.de.

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"The responsibility lies with the players," said the ARD expert after the game.

Schweinsteiger said he missed "the burn" in the players.

"I'm really disappointed and shocked at how it went.

The appearance of the national team is not enough, that's not enough," criticized the 38-year-old. 

An assessment that national coach Hansi Flick did not understand at all in the joint interview after the World Cup.

In particular, Flick couldn't do anything with the statement that his team hadn't "burned".

Hansi Flick and Bastian Schweinsteiger exchanged blows after the World Cup.

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DFB-Aus: Flick and Schweinsteiger exchange blows

When asked if he was right about what Schweinsteiger said, the 57-year-old answered resolutely: "No, because that's absolute nonsense" and contacted the experts directly, which he used to base his assessment on.

However, Schweinsteiger insisted that the German players lacked "five percent concentration".

"Firing also means thinking about it and being there," emphasized the 2014 world champion. The spark did not fly from the DFB selection.

“We invited the opponent.

The fundamental problem is that we often invite the opponent,” said Schweinsteiger.

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DFB-Aus: Schweinsteiger sees problems on the defensive

At the same time, the 2014 world champion protected Flick.

"Hansi didn't do too much wrong," said Schweinsteiger.

The 38-year-old saw the reasons for the early end of the World Cup on the defensive.

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"The defenders in particular have too often released the opponent and interrupted the opponent's switching actions.

We conceded five goals and have conceded one goal since the 2016 European Championship,” Schweinsteiger analyzed.

DFB: Flick wants to continue as national coach

Flick partially agreed with the defensive criticism, saying it had "poor defensive performance" in some situations.

Nevertheless, Flick defended his team and attested that they had always wanted to.

In fact, Germany had impressed most of the three preliminary round games, but failed to score and must return home on Friday.

After the great disappointment, Flick confirmed that he still wanted to continue as national coach – another DFB star, however, left his future in the national jersey open.

(kk)