Assist for under-fire Germany coach Hansi Flick regardless of poor outcomes

FRANKFURT, Germany — Firing Germany coach Hansi Flick is out of the query regardless of the workforce’s lack of latest wins, the German soccer federation’s sporting director, Rudi Völler, mentioned Sunday.

Germany‘s 1-0 loss to Poland in a pleasant on Friday was the third recreation in a row with out a win as Flick experiments along with his squad with a yr to go till Germany hosts the European Championship.

Some followers and commentators have voiced frustration on the obvious lack of progress since exiting the World Cup within the group stage final yr.

“Hansi Flick will obviously remain the coach,” Völler mentioned forward of the final of three June friendlies on Tuesday towards Colombia. “We all agree that Hansi is exactly the right coach to play a good European Championship.”

Still, Völler admitted Germany must do extra to win again followers’ confidence.

“Obviously we want to win, we want to try some things out, but at the same time inspire people. This isn’t a friendly game and it isn’t a qualifying game, it’s rather a game where we want to show the fans that they can count on us,” he mentioned. “We are at the end of a long season, we are tired and the legs are heavy. The couple of percent that were missing in some situations or other in Poland, we have to deliver those once again now.”

Flick gained the Champions League with Bayern Munich earlier than taking the Germany job in 2021 to exchange Joachim Löw after a disappointing European Championship marketing campaign. He began with a run of eight wins as Germany breezed by means of World Cup qualifying, however Flick’s workforce has gained simply 4 of 15 since then towards Italy, Oman, Costa Rica and Peru.