A shocking loss to Japan in its opening game, means Germany needs to get a result from its second game Sunday against Spain.
On Saturday, a defiant German coach Hans Flick showed up on his own to the pre-game press conference, which dictates a player needs to be present as well.“We didn’t want to cause any of the players the stress of traveling all the way here It takes almost three hours, and we have a really important game tomorrow,” Flick said. “So, I said I’ll do it on my own, because all of my players are important, from the first to 26th. So, we didn’t want any of them to have to take this on.
“We’re disappointed because I think we have a really good media centre, I think we could have done this there,” Flick said of the German training facility 120 kilometres up the road on the most northern tip of the country. “I think that would have been good for a lot of people, and then we could have had our final training session.
Costa Rica had no answer for Spain, who knocked the ball around at will, in typical Spanish style and were ruthless in front of goal against one of the best goalkeepers in the world in Keylor Navas of Paris Saint-Germain. “Ultimately, it was important for us to point out clearly to the players what we didn’t do that well,” Flick said. “I think in some situations, there was really a lot that we did wrong, which we’ve spoken about clearly. We’ve also got the team on board, and it’s important they recognise it too. Then they want to and can implement it accordingly, which they’ve done.
Mitchell Duke scored the lone goal for the Socceroos to defeat Tunisia 1-0 at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah.
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