Two days before the Germany-France friendly match and nine months before a Euro at home, Hansi Flick, the Mannschaft coach for two years, is dismissed from his position!
Chosen in spring 2021 to succeed Joachim Löw (in post for 15 years, for a world champion title in 2014), Hansi Flick is removed from the post of Germany coach this Sunday, two days before the friendly match against the French team in Dortmund on Tuesday evening. The crisis is total around the Mannschaft, while the country hosts Euro 2024 from June 14 to July 14.
The German selection not only took the door in the first round of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, last December, with a single victory against Costa Rica. Since then, Ilkay Gündogan and his teammates have won only one of their six friendly matches, against Peru. They have just suffered defeats against Colombia and Poland in June, then against Japan (1-4) on Saturday in Wolfsburg.
It is Rudi Völler, “director” of the German national team since last February, who will lead the Mannschaft against the Blues. The 90 world champion (and 2002 World Cup finalist as coach) will choose Flick’s successor in the coming days. According to the German press, Julian Nagelsmann is the favorite to take back control of the selection. A terrible revolution nine months before the Euro…
BREAKING: Hansi Flick has been fired, he’s no longer German national team head coach 🚨⚪️🇩🇪
Federation set to discuss internally on new manager as Germany will host Euro 2024 in 9 months.
Rudi Völler will be on the bench as interim coach. pic.twitter.com/rXAXaTdyhO
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 10, 2023
