Germany 0-0 Armenia, Stuttgart
Go go go!
We’re underway in Stuttgart.
Flick wants more
Germany coach Hansi Flick has been speaking ahead of his first game as Germany coach on home soil. It’s safe to say his high standards weren’t met in his first game: “Tonight it’s about precision, passing and shooting, and about concentration.”
Team news
The teams are in and captain Manuel Neuer is reinstated to the starting XI. Antonio Rüdiger, Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry, Marco Reus and Jonas Hofmann also come in, as Hansi Flick makes six changes from the side that limped past Liechtenstein in his first game.
Stuttgart on standby
Cutting edge lacking
Both Timo Werner, who scored against Liechenstein, and Flick mentioned profligacy as an issue in their press conferences. The Chelsea forward was upbeat.
“Sometimes you win a game like that one against Liechtenstein 8-0 because the first few chances go in. On other occasions, however, you only win 2-0,” he said. “The time will come again where we score two goals from a half chance.”
The lack of a top class number 9 has been a problem for Germany for some time, and Flick believes it to be a matter of conviction. “We were lacking confidence in front of goal. We need to get that back,” he said.
Team news
After missing the win on Thursday, Manuel Neuer is set to return in goal. But a foot injury will keep Robin Gosens out of this one, with Hoffenheim leftback David Raum perhaps set for a debut as a result. Kai Havertz is also a doubt, as he has flu.
That aside, Flick suggested there are unlikely to be too many changes in these games, saying in his press conference that “the starting eleven won’t change much.”
Hello and welcome
Coming so early in the domestic season, this first international break is not the more popular with fans, but this triple header is pretty important to new Germany coach Hansi Flick and a group of players who, for the most part, have only known Joachim Löw as their international boss.
A win against Liechenstein on Thursday preceeded this one in Stuttgart before a trip to face Icelandon Wednesday.
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