“Was The Worst Thing I Ever Seen”

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“That was a difference of two classes,” says Lothar Matthäus in the half-time analysis of the game between Germany and Belgium. The national record player is pissed off.

After just nine minutes, the “Red Devils” were 2-0 ahead via Carrasco and Lukaku, “well deserved”, says the 62-year-old. At this point, the four-time world champion is threatened with disgrace. “Belgium could have led higher. The Germans had no access to this fast, technically skilled Belgian game,” the RTL expert criticized.

Matthäus particularly criticized the extremely weak defensive behavior on the early goals. First, right back Marius Wolf simply lets winger Yannick Carrasco pass: “Wolf just runs on and actually shows no defensive behavior at all. That’s escort.” Then Romelu Lukaku’s opponent Thilo Kehrer escapes: “I don’t see him as a central defender. He also has physical disadvantages against Lukaku.”

“It was a total failure”

In the end it was only 2: 3 on the scoreboard, but that does not change the opinion of the 1990 world champion in the first half: “The first 35 minutes were the worst I have seen in my long, long career .”

The viewing figures of the German media are correspondingly different. The “Bild” distributes the grade 5 (second worst rating) seven times, Sport1 and Sky six times, Eurosport four times. “They didn’t fight back in the duels. That was a complete failure,” adds Matthäus.

Convince a veteran and a debutant

After half an hour, national coach Hansi Flick (58) intervened and took the sick Leon Goretzka and Florian Wirtz off the field, brought in Emre Can and Felix Nmecha, who is celebrating his DFB debut.

And immediately the game becomes more balanced. “Emre Can and the guys convinced me, they weren’t afraid. Serge Gnabry has played excellently in the last 20 minutes. This is how we want to see Germany,” confirms Matthäus. Now the only question remains: what face will the Flick team show at the next appearance? (che)

Source : Blick