German Team Fires Hansi Flick After Crushing Defeat to Japan: Rudi Völler Takes Over as Interim Coach

2023-09-10 14:39:00

ESPNSep 10, 2023, 10:39 ETLreading: 2 min.

After losing by a landslide against Japan, the German team announced the departure of Flick and Rudi Völler will be interim to face France.

The german team announced that Hansi Flick He was dismissed from his position as representative strategist, a decision that was made after the proposal of the president of the German Football Federation, Bernd Neuendorf.

“The general meeting of shareholders and the supervisory board of the DFB decided today, on the proposal of the president, Bernd Neuendorf, to dismiss the national coach from his duties. Hansi Flick and the two assistant coaches Marcus Sorg and Danny Röhl,” it was reported in a statement, after this Saturday’s 1-4 defeat against Japan.

Hansi Flick is no longer the coach of the German national team.Getty Images

Flick was strategist of Bayern Munich and stood out by leading the team to the treble in the 2020 season by winning the Bundesligathe German Cup and the Champions League.

His performance allowed him to reach the german team looking to keep her in the spotlight, after the departure of Joachim Low, but the results were not as expected.

The helmsman had had a good start with the German team, since it began with a 2-0 victory against his counterpart from Liechtenstein and after that there were another seven consecutive victories.

However, after that came difficult moments for the helmsman, as he tied four times against the teams of the Netherlands, Italy, England and Hungary.

The downward inertia began and in the last 17 matches of the German representative, the strategist only achieved four victories, which were Italy, Oman, Costa Rica and Peru.

Germany could not transcend in the past Qatar World Cup 2022 by the hand of Hansi Flicksince they were eliminated in the group stage, but despite this he was confirmed in his position.

Adverse outcomes continued for Germany and on Saturday they received a historic setback when they fell 4-1 against the Japanese team, in a match in which the Europeans were the locals, which finally led to their departure. Rudi Völler will be interim for face France on Tuesday and it is expected that later it will be announced who will be the replacement for Flick.

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