Ex-Bundesliga coach Felix Magath has criticized the German Football Association for not addressing the national team’s long-standing misery.
“The main problem is that the DFB is not prepared to actually do an analysis,” said the 70-year-old on the TV channel Sky Sport News and specifically added to former coach Hansi Flick: “Our former national coach said, He took responsibility, but then went on vacation for six weeks. I don’t think there is a proper analysis yet.”
Magath is not giving up hope for a successful home European Championship
Despite the weak results even after the preliminary round exit at the World Cup in Qatar, “everything continues as it was before – everything is the same as before and nothing changes,” said Magath and criticized: “You don’t want to change anything because the DFB is fine Apparently it’s still good.” Most recently, the DFB team under new national coach Julian Nagelsmann lost 2-0 against Austria in Vienna.
“I’m not there, but it’s missing everywhere. We can now start somewhere – it doesn’t matter where,” said Magath: “One says defender, the other striker. The third talks to the central defender and the last complains that we don’t have a six. And everyone is a little right somewhere.” “The composition of the group as a whole is not right,” added the long-time coach, who worked at FC Bayern, Schalke 04, Hamburger SV and VfL Wolfsburg, among others.
However, he still hasn’t given up hope of a successful home European Championship next year. “Many teams that ended up winning a tournament played poorly in the preliminary round,” said Magath: “We’re painting everything black now, but the players still have enough time to develop further in their clubs and in the league to leave a good impression. That’s why I’m still confident that we’ll see a good German team at the tournament.”
