Arsene Wenger believes Germany’s failure on the World Cup was right down to the crew’s “political demonstrations” on the match.
- Germany gamers protested earlier than World Cup match
- Hansi Flick’s crew crashed out at group stage
- Wenger says politics responsible for failure
WHAT HAPPENED? The Germany gamers coated their mouths within the match picture earlier than they misplaced 2-1 to Japan of their opening sport of the match in protest in opposition to FIFA’s ban on the OneLove captain’s armband that they, together with a number of different nations, had deliberate to put on within the match in Qatar.
WHAT THEY SAID: “ while you go to a World Cup, you already know you possibly can’t lose the primary sport. The groups who’ve the expertise to carry out in tournaments like France and England performed nicely within the first sport,” Former Arsenal head coach Wenger, who’s FIFA’s chief of worldwide soccer growth, mentioned when requested about Germany’s early exit on the World Cup Technical Research Group. “The groups who have been mentally prepared, with a mindset to deal with competitors, and never the political demonstrations.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Germany have been knocked out of the group stage with 4 factors, as they misplaced to Japan, drew with Spain after which beat Costa Rica. Japan went by as group winners whereas Spain have been second.
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WHAT NEXT FOR GERMANY? Die Mannschaft must regroup after their newest failure because the strain can be on the crew to carry out nicely at Euro 2024 as they’re the match hosts.