Foot: Germany, first nation qualified for the 2022 World Cup
Jamal Musiala, German international and Bayern Munich player.
AFP - NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV
Text by: Farid Achache Follow
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On Monday, October 11, Germany became the first team to win their ticket to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar via qualifying, winning 4-0 in North Macedonia.
This is his 18th consecutive qualification since 1954 for the final phase of a World Cup.
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World champion in 2014 in Brazil, Germany became the first nation to qualify for the next World Cup which takes place in Qatar in 2022. This qualification of Germany is the 18th consecutive since 1954 for the final phase of a Global.
As for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the Germans got their ticket without much difficulty.
Except that they had been eliminated from the group stage in Dostoevsky's country.
Still a little work to do
With 8 points ahead of Romania, at the same time victorious over Armenia 1-0, the quadruple world champions can no longer be reached. The only team qualified so far was Qatar, the host country. Since the appointment of Hansi Flick at the head of the selection, who succeeded Joachim Löw after the Euro last summer, Germany has won 5 wins in 5 matches and scored 18 goals against only 1 conceded.
The Germans do not forget that they have just lived three very difficult years since their elimination in the first round of the World Cup in Russia: "
We still have a little work to do to return to the highest level in the world
", recognizes Bayern midfielder Leon Goretzka, "
we have the qualities, it's undeniable, but collectively we must continue to work and sweat all together
".
Since 1954, the FRG, then reunified Germany, has finished 12 times in the last four, played eight finals, and won four titles.
No team in the world, not even five-time world champion Brazil, can show such consistency.
Jamal Musiala, the future of Mannschaft
In Qatar, Germany will be able to count on its new nugget Jamal Musiala, who plays for Bayern Munich, and who scored the fourth goal of the match against North Macedonia. Musiala thus became, at 18 years and 227 days, the second top scorer in the history of the Mannschaft, after a certain Marius Hiller, scorer against Switzerland (3-0) at 17 in ... 1910. Holder of the German and English nationalities, Jamal Musiala, native of Stuttgart, could have opted for the Three Lions. He finally chose the Mannschaft. He embodies the future of the German selection, in search of renewal after the Joachim Löw era.
“
This early qualification will strengthen our self-confidence.
Obviously we now want to be world champions
, ”says Kai Havertz, 22, attacking midfielder from Chelsea in England.
“
Our goal is clear: we want to get back to where we once were, on top of the world.
But we are aware that we still have a long way to go,
”announces Hansi Flick in an interview with
Kicker, a
bi-weekly sports magazine in Germany.
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