Because of Mario Götze – Sebastian Rode criticizes Hansi Flick

Mario Götze celebrated his return to the German national team, but only played 34 minutes in total. Eintracht teammate and captain Sebastian Rode has now criticized Hansi Flick for dealing with the 30-year-old.

Mario Götze had certainly imagined his return to the differently. The attacking midfielder only played 11 minutes against Japan and 23 minutes against Costa Rica and was unable to achieve much in his role as a substitute. Sebastian Rode does not see the blame for this with his teammate, but with DFB coach Hansi Flick.

“Dealing with him wasn’t quite so happy. If I invite Mario, I have to know how to deal with him,” teased the Frankfurt captain in an interview with the IMAGE. You should have known that Götze “is not a player who should tear something for the last ten minutes”. Rather, he is someone “who can fit into the team from the start”.

Accordingly, Rode would have liked to have seen his colleague “in one or the other game from the start”. After all, Götze has the quality “to solve different things that others didn’t have in this form”.

Flick is not really to blame

Sebastian Rode is certainly not entirely wrong in his criticism. Similar to Thomas Müller, for example, Götze is a player who works better in the starting eleven than as a joker. The only question is who Flick should have sacrificed for Götze?

After the last few years, the World Cup hero from 2014 no longer has the standing and probably not the power to be a regular player. However, his performances in the first half of the season were too good to leave him at home. So you can’t really blame Flick either.

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This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as.