Hansi Flick, on a tight rope after his shock defeat against Colombia

The coach of Germany Hansi Flick, began his 2021 tenure with an eight-game winning streak and promised fans to get the four-time world champions back on track. However, following Tuesday’s shock 2-0 home loss to Colombia, Flick it seems that almost all of that initial credit has been used upThe Euro 2024 hosts beat the Germans in Poland and drew 3-3 against Ukraine in their three internationals this month.

“Is he the right man for the job?”, several German media asked themselves this Wednesday in their online surveys. “One year after the Eurocup, the coach and his team seem to have lost all orientation,” soccer magazine Kicker wrote in a commentary.

Germany, who have less than a year to build a seasoned team for the continental tournament and build enthusiasm at home, needed two goals in the last few minutes. to draw with Ukraine before Friday’s 1-0 defeat in Warsaw.

Their performance against Colombia in Gelsenkirchen was even worse, as Flick’s players lacked quick play and attacking punch. Germany have won just one of their last five matches since their shock exit from the World Cup group stage in December. Furthermore, they have won just three of their last eleven meetings.

When Flick took over two years ago, Germany just suffered a round of 16 elimination from Euro 2021 after their first appearance in the first round of the World Cup in over 80 years in 2018. Flick seems the perfect man for the job after his six-trophy run with Bayern Munich in 2020 and his years of work with his predecessor in Germany, Joachim Loew , as his assistant coach, which culminated in World Cup success in Brazil in 2014. But now he finds himself between a rock and a hard place despite the fact that he assures that the team will be completely different in the next international series. matches in September.

“We’re going to see a different team,” Flick said. “We will stabilize the team and get it ready. We are positive for September because we are convinced that we have a good team and good players.”

Germany hosts Japan on September 9, before hosting France three days later. They then travel to North America to face the United States on October 14. However, German fans are quickly running out of patience with no clear signs of recovery in recent months.

“Flick’s announcement that ‘things will be different in September’ sounds like a morale-boosting slogan,” Kicker said. The one-year countdown to the Eurocup has begun, as has the countdown for Flick to begin fulfilling in September.