Germany does not have a Mbappé.

And no Haaland.

Germany has Werner, Timo Werner.

Nothing will change about that, not until the World Cup in 2022 and not afterwards.

And nothing will change if Werner is laughed at and mocked after every international match in which he misses a good chance at scoring.

You can turn yourself upside down on social media: but it won't be a Mbappé or a Haaland from Werner.

And that's perfectly fine.

What there are, however, are two different versions of Werner.

In the one, the best he can be on the football field, Werner is a top international striker.

One who instills fear and horror in every defense with his speed and his direct route to the goal.

In the other version, Werner is a striker who doesn't storm, but sits on the bench looking for self-confidence.

The fact is that both Werner versions are in circulation again and again, also this year.

In October 2021 it can be said that Hansi Flick is just about to help Werner become the best version of himself again.

Five goals in five games are an interim result that shows what Werner is capable of - and what he has always been capable of in recent years.

When he went to England in the summer of 2019, he had 28 Bundesliga goals with him.

And after a period of weakness in the preseason at Chelsea, in which he also missed first-class scoring chances in important games, Werner under coach Tuchel still had his part in the club winning the Champions League.

A good month later, in the summer, at the European championship, football Germany saw above all the doubting Werner version.

He was so far from the Werner he can be for a long time.

It is no secret that the striker in Germany has been viewed more critically by many fans and some media than any other top German striker for years.

And also not that Werner had to create this again and again.

Even with his early reputation as a swallow king, he struggled longer than most of his colleagues who took a penalty.

The rejection, however, had nothing to do with the fact that he knocked out this penalty for the club most despised by the fan scenes, for RB Leipzig.

Since then, Werner has never been a favorite of the masses, although he has now scored 21 goals in 47 international matches, a top rate.

Werner said in Skopje that the criticism that has accompanied him for years is beading off on him.

There was nothing else he could do, he wanted to keep scoring goals.

And that's what Werner does.

Nothing better can happen to the national team.

But he deserved better himself.