Press comments on the DFB defeat against Japan: "Catastrophe Germany"

Highlights: The debacle of the German national football team against Japan is noted with astonishment in the international press. Commentators everywhere agree: the pressure on national coach Hansi Flick is increasing. Many see the future of national coach Flick in danger. Germany lost 1-4 (1-2) to Japan in a friendly match in Wolfsburg on Saturday. The German national team has now gone five games in a row without a win and Flick's record is definitely terrible, says the Daily Mail.

The debacle of the German national football team against Japan is noted with astonishment in the international press. Many see the future of national coach Hansi Flick in danger.

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Robin Gosens disappointed against Japan

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The 1-4 (1-2) debacle of the German national football team against Japan has also caused a broad echo in the international press. Commentators everywhere agree: the pressure on national coach Hansi Flick is increasing. The press reviews at a glance.

England

»Daily Mail«: "Disaster for Germany. They are beaten 1-4 by Japan in a friendly match. But the counted Hansi Flick reiterates that he is the right man to lead the hosts to Euro 2024 (although he has won only four of 17 games)."

»Mirror«: "Germany coach Hansi Flick is under enormous pressure after his team was beaten 4-1 by Japan and his bizarre leadership style was revealed in a new documentary."

France

»L'Equipe«: "Germany slipped a little further into the crisis before the game against the Blues. Japan has a lot of fun hurting Germany. After shocking the Germans in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup, the Japanese swept them away on Saturday night in the friendly match in Wolfsburg. That doesn't make coach Hansi Flick's situation any more pleasant."

»RMC Sport«: "Nothing works in the German team anymore. Nine months before 'its' Euro 2024, Germany was humiliated at home by Japan on Saturday. It remains a series of extremely disturbing results."

Spain

»Marca«: "Germany remains in crisis: 1-4 against Japan, fifth game in a row without a win and Flick in danger. Flick's record is definitely terrible. The game against Japan was a disaster. Overall, Japan was clearly superior, not only in terms of results."

"As": "Japan is humiliating an aimless Germany. The future of his coach Hansi Flick is beginning to be seriously threatened. La team remains in a real crisis of results.«

Italy

»Gazzetta dello Sport«: "Catastrophe Germany. Something unbelievable happens in Wolfsburg: Flick's team suffers a devastating 1-4 defeat against Japan. The coach's chair is shaking, the spectre of Nagelsmann is bothering Flick."

»Tuttosport«: »Blatant home defeat for Germany in the duel against Japan. The deep crisis of the national team, which has been going on for months, is intensifying."

»Corriere dello Sport«: "Flick is paying a high price for a team that hardly scores goals, has no real striker and concedes too many goals in defence. The coach is about to be fired."

Switzerland

»Blick«: »Japanese slap in the face for Flick and his DFB men«

Austria

»Kronen-Zeitung«: "DFB-Elf slides into the next debacle against Japan. The mega-crisis in Germany's national football team continues against Japan."

»Courier«: "Will Hansi Flick still live to see the home European Championship as team boss in office? After the 1-4 defeat against Japan, the coach, who once started so successfully, has to answer many critical questions again. Ten months before the tournament in Germany, the DFB team does not look like a title contender, especially defensively, but more like an outsider who has lost nothing in a final tournament."

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