The German national team used the wives and girlfriends of the players to boost morale in the camp, before the decisive match once morest Costa Rica on Thursday in the third round of the group stage of the 2022 World Cup.
Germany is at the bottom of the group with one point behind Spain (4 points), Japan and Costa Rica (3 points), and it needs to beat Costa Rica with at least two unanswered goals, provided that Japan does not beat Spain.
And the newspaper “Bild” revealed on Tuesday that the wives and girlfriends of the German national team players arrived at the camp and stayed for two days before starting preparations for the upcoming confrontation with Costa Rica.
The resort in which the German national team resides is located 111 kilometers north of Doha, which is the reason that made coach Hansi Flick refuse to attend any player with him in the press conference before the Spain match, which ended in a 1-1 draw, which made the German team threatened with a fine from FIFA. “.
Germany is facing a heated battle to qualify for the round of sixteen following it got only one point, as it suffered an unexpected loss once morest Japan, before snatching a valuable point from Spain in the last breath of the match.
Germany was eliminated from the group stage in the 2018 World Cup for the first time in its history.