Abstain from the habitual flashing of light

After a crushing 1-4 loss to Japan, Hansi Flick gracefully bid farewell as head coach of the national football team, under the warm sun. The public training session marked his last official engagement in the role. In his stead, Rudi Völler, stepping up 19 years after his departure as team...

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2025 September 15 . 6:52 AM

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Abstain from the habitual flashing of light

In a surprising turn of events, Hansi Flick has resigned as the coach of the German national football team following a disappointing 1:4 loss to Japan. The defeat has sparked a wave of criticism from both the international media and within the team, with many calling it a disaster and a mega-crisis.

The German Football Association (DFB) has agreed that a new impetus is needed, and a new coach is being sought to realign the team and prepare it for the European Championship next year. Bernd Neuendorf, DFB President, has expressed the need for a new coach to steer the team out of its current predicament.

Jürgen Klopp, Ralf Rangnick, Matthias Sammer, and Stefan Kuntz are among the coaches being considered as potential successors to Hansi Flick. However, specific names of potential successors are not yet explicitly mentioned in the available search results.

Meanwhile, Rudi Völler is returning as an interim coach for the match against France, similar to his role in the year 2000 during a deep crisis. He will be joined by Hannes Wolf and Sandro Wagner in the coaching trio, taking charge for the match against France only.

The DFB task force held a meeting on Sunday following the defeat against Japan to discuss the team's future and potential candidates for the coaching position. Matthias Sammer and Stefan Kuntz are scheduled to coach against Germany in November, but it remains to be seen whether they will be in the running for the permanent coaching role.

Joshua Kimmich acknowledged individual errors as a factor in the loss against Japan, but expressed trust in the coach to make the right decisions. Thomas Müller, on the other hand, was critical of the team's performance, stating that possession football should be thrown away and that the team he imagines for a turnaround is not the current one.

The public training session following Germany's loss to Japan was Flick's last appearance as coach. Marc-André ter Stegen was Germany's best player despite conceding four goals in the match, a testament to his resilience and determination.

Federation sources have suggested that Matthias Sammer might be open to returning to the DFB, despite the federation having once preferred Flick over him. However, Nagelsmann is still contractually bound to Bayern Munich, and the DFB is actively pursuing him as a potential successor for the 2024 home European Championship.

In a show of support for the team, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed his sadness about the German national team in an interview, urging the team to find a solution and turn things around. The national team prepared for the match against France after the training session, with the hope of putting the recent disappointing results behind them and starting anew.