Comment: The new resilience of the DFB team is due to Nagelsmann’s decisions

In Amsterdam, the national team once again succeeds in rebelling against setbacks and resistance: the group wants to move up because each individual wants to move up.

Shortly after its publication, every international match squad is subjected to a comparative reading: who is no longer there, who is new – and who could be there next time? The industry has also just pounced on this popular parlor game with Julian Nagelsmann’s national team, and after looking through all the suggestions, two new candidates in particular have come to mind: Paul Wanner and Tim Kleindienst, who, for example, have the very important thing in common that the expert Lothar Matthäus thinks they’re great.