The coach himself reported on this before the game. “The players sat down and sometimes spoke without the coach,” said Nagelsmann Sky – and caused confusion. (DATA: DFB Cup results and schedule)
When Joshua Kimmich was asked about it after the game, he acted clueless. “Now I have to think about where we met without the coach,” said the midfielder and predicted: “Maybe they did the session without me. We had a session in which the players also had their say. But the coach was there too. I don’t remember now that only we players had a session.”
Nagelsmann was confronted with this statement, after which the 35-year-old put it into perspective: “There was no official date when the team met and I wasn’t there.”
That sounded different before the game. Then he said that the player debate wasn’t against him. “No one will point a finger at me, nor will I point the finger at a player. We know that we are in the same boat together.”
However, confusion remains as to who exactly attended this ominous meeting.