Painted in huge letters on the team bus and used in all German FA communication since 2015, the phrase “Die Mannschaft” simply means “The Team” in German.
So that many other German teams found the name arrogant, as if there was only one “team” in the world, the men’s A selection.
” This expression […] is a lack of respect for all the other winning teams, ”attacked the influential vice-president of the German Football Federation (DFB) Hans-Joachim Watzke, also boss of Borussia …
