2023-07-07 09:29:23
The former Bayern Munich star holds Guardiola responsible for the decline of the German national team
The former Bayern Munich and Manchester United star, Bastian Schweinsteiger, believes that the coach of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, had the greatest negative impact on the decline in the level of the German national team, and his failure to achieve positive results in major tournaments, since he assumed leadership of the Bavarian club between 2013. and 2016.
“Well, the situation of the German national team and German football in general at the moment is very difficult,” Schweinsteiger said in statements to the British “TalkSport” website, Thursday. “I think there have been a lot of changes. He thinks we have to play football that focuses on short passing.”
The former “Manshafts” midfielder added in his speech, saying, “Now we have lost our identity. Most teams used to look at us as the German national team that might fight and run until the end. We have lost this advantage during the past seven or eight years, and we are focused only on passing the ball between The players are doing well, and that’s one of the reasons for the decline.”
The German national team won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and then reached the semi-finals in the European Championship 2016, before the level of the “German machines” team was turned upside down, beginning with exclusion from the group stage of the 2018 World Cup finals, and then exiting in the second round in the World Cup 2018. European Nations 2020, and finally, early exclusion from the group stage in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
It is worth noting that Schweinsteiger, who played under the leadership of the Spanish coach for two seasons before his departure from the ranks of the Bavarian club in 2015, has played 121 international matches with the German national team, and during this period he was able to win the 2014 World Cup.
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