Great intensity, lots of goals. But Julian Nagelsmann is not yet enthusiastic about the level of football at the European Championships. For the national coach, it is the German opponents that count.
Despite his team’s dream start, the European Championship has not yet made national coach Julian Nagelsmann very enthusiastic about football. “Of course I watched all the games. There were some very interesting games, but there were also some very boring games, as is always the case in football,” said Nagelsmann before the German national team’s second appearance (6 p.m.) against Hungary in Stuttgart.
“There are good moments that you can really enjoy as a fan. There are moments that aren’t so exciting,” added the 36-year-old. Despite the goal fest in the 5-1 win against Scotland, Nagelsmann surprisingly did not exclude his own team from this assessment. “It was the same in the Scotland game. There were phases that were very interesting and phases that weren’t so interesting,” said Nagelsmann.
National coach not a screen analyst
The national coach also reported that as a TV viewer he does not take the analyst’s point of view. “I don’t sit in front of the screen and write down everything that I notice, as I have often said,” said the national coach. For him, the upcoming opponent is the decisive factor – in this case Hungary.
“Of course I could watch 14 of Switzerland’s games, but that wouldn’t be so good for tomorrow,” he said on the eve of the Hungary match. Switzerland is Germany’s third group opponent on Sunday.
Other experts had recently praised the European Championship level after the first matches. France coach Didier Deschamps spoke of a high level of athletic intensity. Nagelsmann wants to stick to his line and concentrate on the DFB opponents. His focus is Hungary, then Switzerland and then the possible other opponent in the round of 16.
Source: Stern
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