World Cup 2022 – national coach Hansi Flick contradicts Bastian Schweinsteiger: “Absolute nonsense!”

“We made mistakes, that’s why we were eliminated. I don’t see that the team isn’t on fire. They wanted it today,” said the 57-year-old on Thursday evening in the “ARD”.

Schweinsteiger justified his criticism with the fact that the defensive against Costa Rica (4:2) defended too inconsistently in numerous moments. “There are situations where I see a five percent lack of concentration. Burning also means being mentally involved. We let our opponents free too often against Japan and today and didn’t interrupt the opportunities to switch,” said the former national team captain: “The spark didn’t jump over with me.”

The former midfielder was particularly shocked at how Yeltsin Tejeda made it 1-1 (58′). “As Joel Campbell stood free, I ask myself: where is the burning, where is the fire, where is this greed to go there, that it rattles and you hold it against it.”

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In any case, the former Bayern player did not give a good hair to the defense of the German team. “The quality is 100 percent lacking,” Schweinsteiger explained to the defense. “On defence, we only have one player who plays at a high level, that’s Antonio Rüdiger. The others are at a normal Bundesliga level,” said the 38-year-old.

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Schweinsteiger raises the alarm: “No tournament team”

A year and a half before the European Championships at home, Schweinsteiger sounded the alarm: “We have to get back to putting up a decent defense. You need a good defense and stability in the team,” complained the expert in the “ARD”.

After the second preliminary round in a row, Schweinsteiger made a devastating judgment about the German national team, which had been among the favorites at world and European championships for many years: “We’re not a tournament team.”

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