The German coach Hansi Flickhas now expressed his regret at resigning as director of the national group of Oliver Bierhoff, materialized as a result of the elimination in Qatar and before the summit called tomorrow by the German Football Federation (DFB). “My team and I will find it difficult to fill the void left by Oliver, both personally and technically,” he said. flipin a statement posted on the DFB website.
“Our collaboration has always been surrounded by honesty, team spirit and trust,” the text continued.
bierhoffdirector of the national team for 18 years, announced his resignation yesterday, four days after the disastrous elimination in the group stage, which Germany shared with Spain, Japan and Costa Rica.
“I leave the way clear for new directions,” the 54-year-old former international wrote in a statement released last night in which he ended his mandate early according to the DFB.
“In the last four years, I have not been able to bring joy back to the fans,” continued the text, in which he admitted that some of the decisions “convinced us” were wrong.
The contract of bierhoff It expired in 2024, meaning it will predictably continue in the position until the next Euro Cup, where Germany will be the host country. A bierhoff He is associated with the last three consecutive “failures” of the German team – at the World Cup in Russia, which he attended as the defending champion, but fell in the group stage, at Euro 2021, where he was also dismissed prematurely and now. in Qatar.
He reached the national team in 2004 anyway Jurgen Klinsmann as a coach and after playing 70 official matches for the national team as an international footballer.
The president of the DFB, Bernd Neuendorf, announced before leaving for Qatar the call for a summit with coach Hansi Flick and Bierhoff, to “initiate a proper process to handle the situation.”
bierhoff He stated after the match against Costa Rica his intention to continue in office and defended the continuation of Flick despite his departure from Qatar 2022.
flipa former Bayern Munich coach, was hired in 2021 after two consecutive German shipwrecks with the aim of refloating the team after a long period marked by Joachim Löw.
The popular newspaper “Bild” speculated this morning with former international Matthias Sammer as Bierhoff’s successor.
Source: La Verdad
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