Of course, the victory in the opening match is not enough for the national coach. He has much more planned for the home European Championship. He is banking on the Scotland conquerors against Hungary.
Julian Nagelsmann is determined to follow up the opening victory against Scotland with the German national football team in their second European Championship match against Hungary. “We know that it is not a one-off match against Scotland. It is a project that we have at the European Championship. And it is no use to us to just win the opening match and then put the handbrake on,” said Nagelsmann in an interview with ARD’s “Sportschau” before the second group match (6 p.m./ARD and MagentaTV) in Stuttgart.
“It’s important to keep pushing,” demanded the national coach. The goal of a second victory is also in line with the title he gave the game. It says, “The second step works too,” as the 36-year-old revealed.
“Performance was good for all eleven players”
As expected, Nagelsmann is not planning any changes to the starting lineup: “We have distributed the roles. We also made it clear that the performance has to be right. That was the case for all eleven players from the start. But also for all those who were substituted. In other words, they also fulfilled their roles and their jobs well. That’s why there is no reason to change anything now.”
Nagelsmann will send the starting eleven with Neuer, Kimmich, Rüdiger, Tah, Mittelstädt, Andrich, Kroos, Musiala, Gündogan, Wirtz and Havertz onto the pitch, just like in the 5-1 win against Scotland in Munich.
EM still doesn’t blow Nagelsmann away
Despite his team’s dream start, the European Championship has not yet made 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.
“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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