World football is in turmoil over the question of whether the World Cup should take place every two years, and the national coaches recently held a conference.

What is your attitude

Michael Horeni

Football correspondent Europe in Berlin.

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I am absolutely against it.

A World Cup every two years would not only overload football, it would be an imposition for the entire sport.

Other sports also need their space and attention.

But above all, you just can't expect the players to do it, we have to focus on the players and their health.

You yourself are faced with the task of becoming a world-class team again in the shortest possible time from a team that was eliminated in the preliminary round at the World Cup, at the European Championship in the round of 16, which lost 6-0 to Spain and at home to North Macedonia do.

Quite directly asked: How is that supposed to work?

We have a team with a lot of quality. But yes, not all positions are equally filled. The topic of central strikers has been on our minds for a long time, we really have to see that we train this guy again. Even if Timo Werner's quota is impressive, and I am convinced of him. He is one of the ten or eleven German players who have won the Champions League in the past two years and they already know how to win. It will be important that we progress as a team, as a team. We are working on that, that is our focus. That the team knows what quality it is and that it shows it again and again. That she delivers when it matters. And I think: The way in which we played the first five games is impressive.

What you could feel was a different desire to win than in previous years, especially against the so-called little ones. Do you need that in everyday life so that you have it ready in an emergency?

You need it in every training session.

How you train, so do you play.

We come back to this in every training session and in every session.

For me, three aspects are important: high quality, high intensity and absolute concentration.

As long as the game is running, we have to deliver, from the first to the last minute.

There must be no slacking off, we always have to play with enthusiasm and conviction.

The spectators in the stadium and in front of the television must also feel this.

In the first game against Liechtenstein, after a quarter of an hour, in which the first goal was not scored despite good chances, suddenly the conviction was missing.

Mentality and conviction are the basic requirements.

Because you can't make them at the push of a button, as you saw at the EM?

I don't want to look back.

But we have explained our philosophy to the players in great detail and we can see that they like it: Always be active, with and without the ball. I think you can see that there is a high level of intensity in every phase of the game.

We push relatively hard, we put the opponent under pressure.

We also want possession of the ball, but our focus is to finish as quickly as possible.

That is a clear idea that we convey in great detail.

Clarity is crucial, it gives all players confidence in their actions.

We are not yet at 100 percent in the short time, but we are on the right track.