After his debut as national coach, Julian Nagelsmann was very satisfied with the performance of the DFB team. Meanwhile, Mats Hummels and Ilkay Gündogan also expressed themselves very positively after the convincing 3-1 friendly win against the USA.
“Being 1-0 down after the last few months and then coming back very well is strong,” praised Nagelsmann on RTL after the game. Christian Pulisic initially put the USA in the lead. Goals from Gündogan, Niclas Füllkrug and Jamal Musiala then turned the game in Germany’s favor.
“We also had a lot of chances in the first half, but not that much access. In terms of football, it was very good throughout the game and in the end we deserved to win,” emphasized Nagelsmann. “We have already made a very good step in terms of football today,” he said. However, he identified differences in performance between the first and second half: “I had the feeling in the first half that we wanted to decide the game too early and that meant we lost too many balls. In the second half we had a lot more patience was the difference.”
Mats Hummels on DFB return: “A special moment”
For Hummels, his first international match since the 2021 European Championship was “an absolutely special moment, somewhat surprisingly with more nervousness than I thought. It was a lot of fun. Before the game during the anthem, but also in the game, it was special. It was I’m very fulfilled.”
Regarding the distribution of tasks in defense, the Dortmund player said: “If Toni Rüdiger also plays, I’m definitely not the clear leader. There’s a lot of coaching together. For all defenders, it’s about getting to know each other or getting to know each other again. I think that “It worked well organizationally.”
Meanwhile, Gündogan emphasized that the implementation of Nagelsmann’s instructions worked “well in some scenes and not so well in some.” “But I think it just takes a few games to set the standard.”
2023-10-14 22:32:30
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