Julian Nagelsmann on the amount of injuries in the Germany squad: “I don’t want to constantly complain about the schedule” | OneFootball

“As a coach, you can look at it from two sides: either you complain or – the view that I take – see it as a good opportunity for the core team that was at the Euros to transfer the atmosphere that we had there and the way we played recently to the newly assembled team. For the players who are new or who have played less recently, it’s a chance to get playing time. I have no different expectations than recently: That we play a good game and show that we are proud to play for Germany, that we give everything we have in terms of character and that we win the game in the end.”

“I’ve often stressed that I don’t want to constantly complain about the schedule. In the end, the many games finance the expensive sport. On the other hand, you have to look at what kind of injuries they are. If they were all reactions to overexertion, we could talk about it. Fülle (Niclas Füllkrug) has had them for ages, even during the break, there was not much evidence of overexertion. David Raum twisted ankle, which also had nothing to do with overexertion. With Henrichs, we don’t know for sure, he has had back problems for a while. But it can’t be a burden either, when I look at the minutes he played in Leipzig. There won’t be fewer games in the future, but more. We need to talk a bit about how the breaks are structured. In the NBA, players play around 80 games and also have to travel many kilometers. But they have a very long break, the NFL also has a long break. We don’t have that in football.”

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