“We somehow lost our values”: Schweinsteiger blames Guardiola for the DFB crisis

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German football is in crisis. The glory of the 2014 world title has long since faded. Although the DFB team made it to the semi-finals at the 2016 European Championship, it has been one disappointment after another ever since.

The mission to defend the title ended in 2018 when the group was last for the knockout stage. The round of 16 was the last stop at the EM 2021 and last year Germany was again eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup.

It’s not looking any better at the moment. As a host you are already qualified for the EM 2024, but the fans still expect victories in the friendlies. These were recently neither against Poland (0:1) nor against Colombia (0:2).

Too much influence from Guardiola

Former players are also not unaffected by the crisis. Bastian Schweinsteiger (38), 2014 world champion and ex-captain, has now commented on the British radio station Talksport on the “very difficult situation for the German national team”. And also immediately found an accomplice for the crisis: Pep Guardiola (52), who was Bayern coach from 2013 to 2016.

“When Guardiola came to Bayern Munich, everyone believed we should play this kind of football, with short passes and everything,” says Schweinsteiger. He goes even further: “We somehow lost our values.”

This is because it was based on Guardiola’s style of play. With Bayern he won three national titles, two cup victories and the World Cup for clubs. Only in the Champions League was it just enough for the semi-finals.

Power is lost

Germany, on the other hand, has entered a crisis. In the past, the opponents would have experienced the DFB-Elf as combative, with players running to the end. But this power has been lost in the last seven or eight years. “We forgot about that and concentrated more on passing the ball nicely,” said Schweinsteiger. That is one of the reasons why there were no more successes at the last major tournaments.

However much guilt Guardiola actually bears, it is clear that the Germans have only eleven months to turn things around. And to prevent the home EM from becoming the next disappointment. (bir)

Source : Blick