Back-to-back early exits at the World Cup have Germany coach Hansi Flick wanting to go back to basics. The four-time champions were again eliminated from the group stage, four years after their embarrassing display as defending champions in Russia. (More Football News)
Something has to change, Flick said after a 4-2 victory over Costa Rica on Thursday that still wasn바카라t enough to secure a spot in the round of 16.
바카라I believe for the future of German football we need to do things differently in training,바카라 said Flick, who took over as coach after last year바카라s European Championship. 바카라For years we are talking about new goalkeepers and wingbacks, but Germany was always able to defend well. We need the basics.
바카라For the future, for the next 10 years, it is very important to focus on the new generation of players.바카라
It was only eight years ago that Germany won its fourth World Cup title, beating an Argentina team led by Lionel Messi in his prime in the final at the Maracana Stadium. With that victory, Germany became the only European team to win a World Cup in either North or South America.
In Qatar, it was an opening loss to Japan that set the stage for the disappointing finish this time. Germany was beaten 2-1 in that match last week, and followed it with a 1-1 draw against Spain.
That gave the Germans a chance in its last match at Al Bayt Stadium, and for a few minutes during the simultaneous final group matches on Thursday, it was enough. At halftime, for example, Germany was beating Costa Rica and Japan was losing to Spain 바카라 results that would have put the Germans into the round of 16.
It was Japan바카라s 2-1 victory over the Spaniards that essentially cost the Germans a chance to play at least one more match in Qatar.
Flick cited Spain as an example for his country to follow.
바카라Spain is very good in defense,바카라 he said, even though the 2010 World Cup champions ultimately lost to Japan at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha. 바카라It focuses on training young players. They know the tactics well.바카라
It all started so well for Germany on Thursday with Serge Gnabry scoring a 10th-minute header and Spain taking an early lead against Japan.
Both matches were turned upside down in the second half.
Yeltsin Tejeda evened the score in the 58th minute and Juan Vargas scrambled another in the 70th, putting Costa Rica ahead 2-1 and all of a sudden on target to advance.
바카라There were a lot of individual mistakes and these are things that make me very angry,바카라 Flick said.
But Germany substitute Kai Havertz made it 2-2 in the 73rd minute and then restored Germany바카라s lead in the 85th. Another substitute, Niclas Füllkrug, added the fourth.
Costa Rica had lost its opening game against Spain 7-0. The team then put on a much better display and beat Japan 1-0.
바카라We are not what we saw in our first game,바카라 Costa Rica coach Luis Fernando Suarez said. 바카라We had to go back to what made us qualify for the World Cup.바카라
HISTORY MADE
The match was also notable because French referee Stéphanie Frappart became the first woman to officiate a men바카라s World Cup match.
RECORD SET
Manuel Neuer played in his 19th World Cup match to set a record for a goalkeeper 바카라 overtaking German great Sepp Maier and Brazil keeper Cláudio Taffarel.
GINTER바카라S WAIT
Matthias Ginter was participating in his third World Cup, but going into the match against Costa Rica he had yet to play a single minute at any of those tournaments. That all changed when he came on as a substitute in the 89th minute.
