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And suddenly Murat Yakin has a firm grip on the steering wheel again. Last autumn is still a long way away, when neither the national team nor their coach looked confident on the way to the European Championship in Germany.
There is still a Yakin there on Thursday. Relaxed, confident, confident. This is also evident from the poker surrounding his contract. It is only sensible that Yakin categorically rules out a new contract with the absurd condition that an extension only applies to qualification for the quarter-finals of the European Championship. Anyone considering which top teams the national team could face in the round of 16 will come to this conclusion quite quickly. Would a Round of 16 clause have had a better chance of being heard by the Nati coach? Possibly. It would certainly have been a fair proposal.
So now you move to the euro as your contract expires. Yakin is right when he says that after the European Championship he has all the time in the world. Only: the association doesn’t have that time. If things don’t go any further with Yakin, the SFV needs an alternative. Want to find a top solution in July that will be ready for the next move in September? Not even that easy. Are you now conducting parallel negotiations with other post-Euro coaching candidates to be prepared for any eventuality? You can do it as an association, maybe you even have to – but at the same time you run the risk that one or two conversations in the chatty football world will become public. And then there is a fire in the roof again.
It will be an exciting summer. On and off the field.
|
team
|
SP
|
T.D
|
PT
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
 Germany
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Hungary
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Scotland
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Switzerland
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
team
|
SP
|
T.D
|
PT
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
 Albania
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Croatia
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Italy
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Spain
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
team
|
SP
|
T.D
|
PT
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
 Denmark
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 England
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Serbia
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Slovenia
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
team
|
SP
|
T.D
|
PT
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
 Austria
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 France
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 The Netherlands
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Play-off winner A
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
team
|
SP
|
T.D
|
PT
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
 Belgium
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Play-off winner B
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Romania
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Slovakia
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
team
|
SP
|
T.D
|
PT
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
 Czech Republic
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Play-off winner C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Portugal
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
 Turkey
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
