National Team | Flick despite threatening hammer

In the hot topic World Cup draw, Hansi Flick put a poker face briefly and gave the Mister Cool.

• World Cup title remains the goal
• DFB team threatens hammer-going
• More about this: These top opponents threaten Germany at the World Cup
• "Just refreshing"
• Great winner musiala

The short trip to the day more than 30 degrees warm Qatar to draw the three German group opponents This Friday (18:00 clock), the heart rate of the national trainer is hardly so drifting as it is the insufficient interim examination on the way to the national coach WM tournament against the archrival Netherlands was temporarily able.

The 90 minutes of football at top level with the manner as fairly felt 1: 1 supplied Flick a good working basis for the next meeting of the national team in June. "We can look forward to the games in the Nations League," said the 57-year-old overlooking four games against Italy (twice), England and Hungary within ten days.

World Cup title remains the goal

Despite the torn winning streak under Flick in Amsterdam, the target WM title made by the national coach and also by Captain Manuel new offensively proclaimed WM title has not taken damage. Rather, there was the existing potential in a squad, which lacked a number of power carriers such as the Bayern Quartet Kimmich, Goretzka, Slee, Gnabry at the start of the year. But flick also spoke the defects: ball losses, missing peace in critical phases, wrong positioning.

Of course, the overall impression changed nothing: "It was a successful game." And at the outlook not. "The German football has a tradition of successes. We want to go back," the chef coach announced retrospectively on the early failure at the 2018 World Cup and the EM 2021 in the late stage of the activity of Joachim Löw.

After a short change of clothes at home in Bammental, Flick's DFB delegation returns to Oliver Bierhoff on Thursday again to the six flight hours away from WM host country. Upset? Tense? Fearful? None of it. Flick is a draw profile after many years as a lion assistant. "We just have to sit, watch and then make our opinion about the group. We watch what comes and try to make the best of it," he said.

DFB team threatens hammer-going

What can come? The four-time world champion Germany is set like Holland in the second lost pot. From a pot one could catch Belgium, Brazil, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal or host Katar. Maximum a European counterparty can be added to the DFB team. Since three of the 32 World Cup participants are not yet fixed, it could happen that Flick knows after the ceremony only two of the three German preliminary opponents.

The German group could be sophisticated and namely - Brazil, Poland, Cameroon. Or sound like a freil: Qatar, Canada, Tunisia. A promise gave flick in advance: "On the tasks we get, we will prepare top."

More about this: These top opponents threaten Germany at the World Cup

Anyway, BondCoach Louis van Gaal raised Duitsland in the circle of the largest candidates on the World Cup crown. "Germany is a top candidate for the World Cup title," said the former Bayern coach when he analyzed the test match shortly before midnight at coffee and biscuits: "The first half we could not solve the pressure of the Germans. But ours Second half was fantastic. "

"Just refreshing"

Previously, Flick had sat on the podium on the podium and sounded enthusiastically after all eight wins against international lightweights after all eight wins against international lightweights. "Just refreshing," he found the dominant first 60 minutes with the leadership of Thomas Müller, who met the 43rd time in the national jersey and thus earlier players Uwe Seeler in eighth place.

"I know that we have to retrieve this performance over 90 minutes. But the intensity of the team was enormous", summed up flick. "The direction is right," Müller was. Bavaria colleague newly ruled: "If you pull a line underneath, we are on a very good way. It was the first big team against which we played - and the over long stretches are tidy."

But there was also a phase of control loss after the break with the compensation gate of Steven Bergwijn (68th minute) and the luck of one after video proof penetrated penalters after a duel of Thilo Kehrer with Memphis Depay. "For the viewers, it was a great game. I am very satisfied on the whole," said Flick.

Great winner musiala

He takes many insights from the first course 2022. Large winner of the week was Jamal Musiala. The 19-year-old Bayern talent catapulted with a research opportunity even to "an option" on the meaningful six-position, as flick said, "Every single one has seen what a quality he has." The highly preamble bulges also verbally the "Bambi" status. "I'm fine, I'm on a good way," Musial said self-confident.

The U21 European Champion Nico Schlotterbeck and David Room, which could have achieved the 2-0, could continue to score for a World Cup ticket. "The squad is getting bigger and bigger," said Flick delighted. The popular question of already awarded squadrobes he resisted: "It is still a long way to November. So much can happen."

Hardening cases indicate. "It makes it a bit more difficult for us, but is good for the quality in the team," Flick said, "We are looking forward to the plan now in March, where we wanted to try things." And even without victory.