"We have to learn from Morocco." Rummenigge lays out a road map to restore balance to the Manshafts

The former striker of the German national football team and former CEO of Bayern Munich, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, called for the need to be humble, but with more passion and desire - also - in order to restore balance to the "machines" team again in the upcoming European Nations Cup (Euro 2024), that his country will host.

Rummenigge told the German news agency that rebalancing the German national team will be the main task of the new advisory board in the German Football Association, which was formed after the exit from the group stage of the World Cup finals, for the second time in a row.

Germany, the world champion 4 times, came out of the Qatar World Cup 2022, empty-handed, after its defeat in the opening match against Japan with two goals to one goal, then tied it with Spain with a goal for the same, and the victory over Costa Rica 4-2 did not intercede for him to pass to the second round.

immediate agenda

And the President of the German Football Association, Bernd Neuendorf, announced the formation of a new advisory group to help the German national team recover after the disappointing exit from the group stage in the Qatar World Cup. Mintzlaff.

It is scheduled that the Advisory Council will consider the future of the "Manshafts" team, as it is expected that determining the successor to Oliver Bierhoff - who resigned from his position as director of the national team last week - will be at the top of the council's agenda, and it is also expected to decide whether this position needs changes within the federation. German ball or not.

Rummenigge indicated that he would start his work immediately, starting next Thursday, adding, “We have to set an agenda, then work on the things expected of the work team, and the main contribution must be that we manage things calmly until we succeed again, and it is important that we The Bundesliga, the national team and the German Confederation are close together.”

"We must stand together faithfully for the good of German football. There is no time for selfishness anymore," the former Manschaft star added.

Rummenigge agrees that Hansi Flick will continue as coach of the national team, despite the poor performance of the Germans in Qatar, as he described the former Bayern Munich coach as "highly qualified" and that he was "the right person to manage this new beginning," and made it clear that Germany should look at Beyond its borders, to countries such as: Croatia or Portugal, which - despite their small size and population - are constantly attracting new talents.

The Portugal national team was present in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup, while the Croatian national team advanced to the semi-finals, and lost to Argentina.

Rummenigge was still in Qatar during the final week of the World Cup and said there was still a lot of respect for the German national team, the four-time world champions.

Rummenigge strongly defended Hansi Flick's continuation in his position as Germany coach (Getty Images)

Take a lesson from Atlas Lions

Rummenigge stressed, "The best times will come again, if we work wisely and focus now, the team has more potential than it presented in the group stage."

He also believes that the upcoming European Nations Cup “Euro 2024”, which Germany will host after 18 months, will be the next big goal, and that the Germans should no longer announce themselves as candidates for the title before the major tournaments, explaining that “the Germans must learn from the national team.” Morocco, which qualified for the semi-finals in the World Cup, as well as the Argentine national team, which reached the final match in the World Cup, to achieve rapprochement between the national team and the fans criticizing its performance.

The former German star stressed, "We must play football with humility, and we must put our hearts and souls into it again. Look at what the Moroccans have done. It will be important for the players and coaching staff to work in this direction."

And he continued, "We have to find our way back to unity in Germany, we have to return to this situation in our country, as happened in the 2006 World Cup, where people feel happy again with the national team, sympathize with it, and wear the shirt with joy again, it is not about Marketing, it's not about business, it's about coherence."

Rummenigge, 67, was one of the stars of German football in the seventies and eighties of the last century, as he reached the World Cup final with West Germany in 1982, lost the title to Italy 1986, and lost - also - to Argentina, but he won the European Nations Cup 1980 with His country’s national team after defeating Belgium 2-1, and he also played for Bayern Munich between 1974 and 1984, then he assumed the position of Vice President of Bayern, Executive Director of the club and Chairman of the Board of Directors in separate periods between 1991 and 2021.