Bastian #Schweinsteiger on the form of the DFB team before the Euro 2024: "Thank God we still have a year. If we look at the last few games, this season has gone very badly." [ARD] #POLGER
Schweinsteiger: "When you see the national team last, there wasn't much that was positive about it. There weren't many games that made the spectators cheer."
Schweinsteiger: "Before the European Championship (2021) against Holland (3: 2 in March 2019) maybe, or at the World Cup against Spain (1: 1)."
Schweinsteiger On the three at back system: "They have great problems finding the balance between defensive and offensive. Defending high is a risk. Players don't deal with it perfectly."
Schweinsteiger: "I would be more in favor of playing against the ball from a more defensive basic position. Which might not be as popular these days."
Schweinsteiger on the attitude of the German internationals: “When it comes to nominations, you should perhaps think about whether you only ever want to have players in Germany who have great potential."
Schweinsteiger: “Or you look for the players who have the attitude. With #Füllkrug you get the feeling that he sees being with the national team as a gift."
Schweinsteiger: “That not everyone who plays well twice or three times in the Bundesliga is immediately nominated, you have to earn it again. Niclas Füllkrug did that, for example."
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Contrary to popular belief, Füllkrug hasn't emerged from thin air. His 19 goals and eight assists played a crucial role in Werder's promotion back to the Bundesliga last season. 👇
He also kept hometown club Hannover afloat with a career-best single-campaign haul of 14 Bundesliga goals in 2017/18, having previously gained some invaluable experience in Germany's second tier with Nuremberg and Greuther Fürth (a combined 24 goals in 85 games).
🚨 Official: FC Bayern has terminated the contract with U19 boss Danny #Galm. The 37-year-old moves to SV Sandhausen.
Jochen #Sauer: “In the past few years, we have repeatedly handed over campus coaches to professional football. This shows that we are not only a successful talent factory for young players.”
Sauer: “Now Danny had the opportunity to take on his first position in professional football in Sandhausen. We wish him all the best and every success and thank him for his tireless work on campus over the past two years.”
🚨 FC Bayern have signed the young Australian goalkeeper Anthony Pavlešić. The 17-year-old junior national keeper with Croatian roots, who is currently playing at the U17 Asian Championship, comes to the NLZ of the German record champions from the Central Coast Mariners Academy.
There he is scheduled for the upcoming season for the junior squad.
Goalkeeping coordinator Tom Starke: “Anthony completed a two-week trial with us in February and left a lasting impression. We then continued to follow him very closely and decided that the overall package was the right one."
Rudi #Völler on performances and results being brought into discussion: "That's normal and natural because our own European Championship is just around the corner. We have to face up to the criticism. It's logical after the exit from the group stage in the World cup."
Völler on the Colombia game: "We of course want to win it and try a few things out, but at the same time we want to entertain people. It's not a friendly or a qualifier, but rather a game to show the fans that they count on us."
Völler: "We're at the end of a long season, we're tired and we've got heavy legs. We have to find the one or two percent that we lacked in certain areas against Poland."