Lothar Matthäus puts the focus on Oliver Bierhoff in view of the German national team’s recent weak past. You also have to “question” him, he emphasized.
The DFB team may be staggering towards a second World Cup embarrassment in a row this Sunday. It threatens to end prematurely after just two matchdays in the group phase.
But not only at the current World Cup, but since the 2018 World Cup, the national team no longer seems to be able to pull itself up to the once high level. Not enough for this football nation and the high demands. Many agree on this – including Lothar Matthäus.
The German team had “bad years” behind them, he explained to Bild-TV (via Sport1). Matthäus continues: “And that’s where Oliver Bierhoff is sitting with his boat – and you have to question him.”
One thing is clear for the record national player: The manager of the DFB squad, who has held the post since 2004 and has since become managing director, has been increasingly the focus of criticism in recent years. Not only because of the lack of sporting success, but also because of his attempt to sell the team as a brand. The branding ‘The Team’ was never really popular.
That’s why he had to “question himself critically,” said Matthäus. The work of the 54-year-old should be analyzed in particular in the event of another preliminary round elimination.
The TV expert continues: “Some things didn’t go the way we imagined – on and off the pitch.” In his opinion, there were “many, many things” that “could have been solved differently, actually had to”. Both the DFB itself and Bierhoff “left a bad light”.
This article was originally published on 90min.de as Matthäus demands: After bad years at the DFB, Bierhoff should also be “questioned”.
