It's kind of reassuring that everything in football can always change so quickly.

What was still today doesn't count tomorrow - apart from the fact that Bayern are always German champions, yesterday, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and then read all over again.

But that's just a small national competition compared to the big thing, the World Cup.

And when you go there, you need a lot of persuasiveness to get the staff carried away.

Who knows better than the Germans, who on their last trip to the World Cup in Russia always looked great thanks to hairdressers who were flown in? However, the hair after the game was still the same as it was before kick-off. They were back home faster than ever before, bye-bye Watutinki. At the EM last year, things didn't go much further, two tournaments were thrown into the sand, and you add the strange structure of the Nations League, even three, but what does that mean?

“We want to get to the final. And we want to become world champions, ”says the new national coach, Hansi Flick. And after seven victories over opponents who, to put it cautiously, do not belong directly to the elite, we are all secretly carried away by this persuasive power that does not tolerate contradiction. Yes, why not, it's actually a good team with lots of good players. And in 2014 we even became world champions with a defense chain with four central defenders.

The presence of opponents makes the story so difficult, and one is absolutely convinced that Germany will not become world champions: Roberto Mancini. The Italian was not only the best dressed coach at the last European Championship - he was also allowed to hold up the trophy at the end and saved everyone from the fact that the English could celebrate. It was called Bella Italia everywhere - those who did not come from England believed in Italy. That's how it should be in Qatar, says Mancini, but what does supposed to mean, that's how it will be. “We were the best team in the European Championship and we deserved to win. We lost a game in the past three years. I think we will be world champions. "

Sounds very conclusive, the facts are all correct and speak for themselves.

At least if you ignore this tiny little thing that the Italians - unlike the sovereign Germans, of course - have not yet qualified for the World Cup (and had to watch the last one).

First it is now in the play-offs against North Macedonia and, if the worst comes to the worst, then against the winner from the game Portugal against Turkey.

What does that tell us as a resolution for 2022?

There's a little bit of football everywhere, so don't worry too much about the possibility of failure or even consider it.

And don't play it safe and aim for the mediocre, but rather reach for the stars.

Happy New Year!