Hansi Flick's attempts to get his flailing Germany team back on track face a tough double test in the next week, with just nine months to go before they host Euro 2024.
Germany faces Japan on Saturday, Sept. 9, one of the teams that beat them on the way to a group stage exit at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Failures in the past two World Cups and Euro 2021, have eroded Germany's"tournament team" reputation. The crisis could deepen with the release on Friday of Amazon Prime's 'All or Nothing', a German FA-commissioned documentary on the team's failed World Cup campaign.The film reportedly shows infighting, concerns about wearing the 'One Love' captain's armband amid a FIFA ban and Flick adopting a siege mentality, telling the players"no-one in Germany trusts us to do anything" at the tournament.
Flick's predecessor Joachim Loew was given three years after Germany's disastrous exit at the 2018 World Cup, despite a string of poor results including a 6-0 hammering by Spain seven months ahead of Euro 2021.On Thursday, Germany midfielder Julian Brandt told a press conference that Flick had"taken a beating in recent months", saying the coach"was doing a sensational job".
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