In the 1-1 draw against Spain, Niclas Füllkrug was our goal hero, hammered the ball into the corner to make it 1-1 and kept our hopes of the World Cup alive. Does the Bremen player have to start in the last game against Costa Rica – maybe even together with Thomas Müller (33)?
A thought that the Bayern star finds quite charming, as he reveals when asked by BILD: “If we didn’t have so many very, very good offensive players in the squad, it would certainly be a simple conclusion, gap in the front, and I behind it . But now we have a lot of good options there, so Hansi is spoiled for choice.”
Müller even does a little bit of advertising for a “garbage can” duo: What will be important against Costa Rica: we will spend a lot more time in the opposing half with the ball compared to the Spain game. It’s also about boxing, of course. If you see in Bremen how it works with Duckschi, that can work. But we don’t need to make any pleas for ourselves here, we can offer ourselves in training and in the end the coaching team decides. Leroy has now not played two games from the start, I would also like to integrate that…”
When asked before which of the two should be the nine, both reacted cautiously. Filling jug: “Stupid question, can we continue?” Müller: “The nine on the back has the fullness, he also welded the thing in, but as far as the line-up and tactics are concerned, we have to ask the coach. We have good options. But Niclas has already shown that he knows where the gate is.”
Füllkrug grins with the famous gap between his teeth
Füllkrug and Müller had a lot of fun, flattered on the stage over the biceps of the Füllkrug. When the question about Bremen’s Mucki jubilation came from abundance, he said: “It’s like this, it’s like that, I’m not really the giant jubilee…” Müller interrupts, looks at Füllkrug’s upper arm and says: “That but it’s already a big thing there…”
The mood was great – was the goal against Spain the knot loosener for the World Cup? Müller: “With Costa Rica we have a completely different opponent waiting for us. Whether that moment, when Niclas welded the thing into a triangle, will be interpreted as a knot-looser for us afterwards depends on how the tournament progresses.”
Incidentally, the German bench will also follow the parallel game between Spain and Japan very closely. If Japan surprisingly wins, Germany needs a thumping victory with at least 7 goals. Müller: “The coaching team has to decide which route we’ll take into the game. It will be important that we follow the result Japan, Spain closely at the same time. You can adapt the strategy a bit accordingly. Although you have to say that an 8-0 is not a realistic result in a World Cup, to be honest.”
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