Horst Hrubesch stayed for a while, as the night had fallen over Prague. In vain the people from the German delegation had called over to him and waved.
However, the coach of the German U21 national team just raised a placating hand, he wanted to do something in Prague Sparta Stadium, were than any of his players boarded the bus and disappeared into the city traffic.Hrubesch remained and tried talking to the rapporteurs to polish the tarnished image that his team at 1: 1 (1: 1). Had left at the start of the European Championship against Serbia
It was necessary “to Serb a compliment, “said the 64-year-old and put on a smile, in the much paternal indulgence could be seen. “It took us 30 minutes until we knew what we wanted there,” Hrubesch said, referring to the second half of this overall very conservative football game. Since the team was finally “arrived in the tournament”. And that’s why he was now very confident.
Everything is so good from the perspective of the coach.
That favorite little tough in so starts a contest’s actually nothing new. It finally has to be able to increase somewhat in the course of such a tournament. The crucial question, why the highly assessed team from Hrubesch believes she is even “further than the generation of 2009″ – which won the title with Neuer, Boateng and Özil – had hampered in many phases of the game anyway, but remained unanswered.
“This is normal”
In contrast to the official version of the players and coaches, the team was by no means wakes up immediately after the break, but only after a second yellow card against Christian Günter. The full-back from SC Freiburg was after a rather clumsy Schwalbe in midfield for showering sent (69 minutes). In outnumbered Germany then began to struggle. But
In the meantime, had the Serbs’ part more possession than us, we have to say clearly that we thus had problems, “said goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen, who since that first game officially as the German number one must feel. The goalkeeper played convincingly. The fielder contrast seemed these Serbs to underestimate somehow. “You have to in such a tournament purely find, this is quite normal,” said Captain Kevin Volland. Or was perhaps the pressure too great after one could read anywhere how talented and experienced this German squad already is?
All the time, the quality of the players is praised, the ultimate goal is not only a success in the Czech Republic, but subsequently also still the same to the Olympic gold medal in Rio next year. Have such reveries players maybe distracted?
“This may at one or the other had to be,” Hrubesch conceded. Or was it rather the atmosphere in Prague, that must have been plenty of unusual for stars like Ter Stegen, Max Meyer, champion Matthias Ginter or Emre Can from Liverpool?
Most of the players play so long week for week come in large, full stadiums, for this game were now just 5490 people. Almost every command from the lawn could be heard in the stands, it was the typical atmosphere of a youth international match. Then you have to get involved once.
The team should willpower develop
“The first game is up for each team A status report”, Matthias Ginter said that about a year ago in Brazil Joachim Löw’s World Cup heroes counted. The step from the very top in the lowlands as a young musician competition must be completed first.
Hrubesch believes that now succeeded, and he draws his optimism from the last 20 minutes of the game. “I take with me from here only what I have seen at the end,” he said. One must just “look that you somehow get into the tournament.”The coach knows that the teams which burn colorful fireworks in the first game, in the end do not win often. Even when long glorified title of 2009, the eventual winner has started rather tough in the tournament, then ended the opening match against Spain 0: 0th After that, the later winner showed especially a lot of willpower. It is precisely this ability to the talented young yes acquire in this European Championship
Germany – Serbia 1:. 1 (1: 1)
0: 1 Djuricic (8 .)
1: 1 Can (17)
Germany ter Stegen – basket, Ginter, Knoche, Günter – Can, Leitner (from 46th Kimmich) – Volland, Meyer (from 77th Bittencourt), Younes – P. Hofmann (from 71. Schulz)
Serbia Dmitrovic – Stojkovic, Spajic, Pantic, Petrovic – Brasanac, Causic – Jojic (from 90 . Milunovic), Djuricic, Srnic (from 77th Cavric) – Pesic (from 90 + 3 Trujic)
Referee: Javier Estrada (Spain)
Spectators: 5490
Yellow cards: Leitner – Causic, Brasanac, Pantic
yellow-red: Günter (69)
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