Ahead of the big football competition like EURO or the World Cup, you always have optimists who are predicting great results for their team. On the other hand, you also have people like Jens Lehmann. The former German international doesn’t predict anything good neither to his own country, nor to the country he spent five years. On the other hand, you have to give him credit for being objective. Former Arsenal keeper thinks that his native county is not strong as it used to be and that England has ‘mentality problems’.The Germans have nothing to hide; players’ salaries are out in the openSpeaking with Daily Mail, Lehmann gave his assessment on the current Germany team.“We had that era where we were always expected to reach at least the semi-final or the final but we’ve never been there since. That says a lot and that’s why I don’t expect a lot to be honest. Home fans will help but you still have to be a good football team and the fact is that teams like France and England are a lot better. Though with tournaments, it’s never about the team who is better than the rest. You just have to better than the opponent on the day” said the German.Southgate: ‘I won’t be here anymore if we don’t win the EURO 2024’Member of the Arsenal’s ‘Invincibles’ also revealed what is England’s biggest problem.“Gareth Southgate is a good coach and England have some incredibly talented players but the keeping position concerns me. When your goalkeeper is not playing in the Champions League, it is a weakness when it comes to these tournaments. You need that big game experience. I predict a France v England final and I hope for England to win because of my Premier League connections. But I can’t see it because England have mentality problems when it comes to those big games in tournaments, like against Italy. They should have won the last Euros” he said.EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP – GROUP STAGEFriday22.00: (1.30) Germany (5.20) Scotland (11.0)Saturday16.00: (3.20) Hungary (3.30) Switzerland (2.30)19.00: (1.90) Spain (3.50) Croatia (4.20)22.00: (1.42) Italy (4.30) Albania (8.50)Sunday 16.00: (5.70) Poland (3.80) Netherlands (1.63)19.00: (5.00) Slovenia (3.50) Denmark (1.75)22.00: (7.50) Serbia (4.40) England (1.50)***odds are subject to change***
