The Japanese made one of the biggest shocks in the World Cup so far. Few gave them a chance against Germany at the premiere, however, Hajime Moriasu’s team made a miraculous turnaround in the second half and turned 0-1 into 2-1.Yesterday was an extremely unpleasant day for Hansi Flick, probably one of the most difficult in his career, which was clearly seen by his statements after the game…”This is a brutal disappointment for me, for all of us… We were on the right track, in the first half we had the advantage, possession of the ball 78 percent. And in the second half we created many good chances, but unfortunately we didn’t convert them. Japan were simply more efficient”.It sounds pretty incredible – the Germans conceded two goals within eight minutes.”We made individual mistakes that we shouldn’t have done. You can’t do that at this level of competition, especially not defensively. We will have to do much better than what we showed against Japan.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6834003##Flick ‘jumped up’ when reporters asked him to draw a parallel between the start in Qatar and four years ago in Russia. Then Germany was surprised by Mexico, and Joachim Low was on the bench.”I wasn’t in Russia in 2018 and I’m not interested in that. I’m only looking ahead”.The next game is against the Spaniards…”We have the ability to make up for the lost points. We also have the quality to do so.”Interestingly, in Germany, they are less concerned with the defeat, and more concerned with the respective nation towards this World Cup. Bayern’s honorary president and 1974 world champion Uli Hoeness took the chance to take another shot at the DFB (the local football association). The reason – insufficient resistance to FIFA and the decision for the tournament to be played in Qatar.”This championship has already done a lot of damage to football as a whole,” said Hoeness in an interview with RTL.”Look at the ratings, the fans are disinterested, the viewership is half what it was four years ago in Russia. The DFB boasted that they would be consistent, that they would deal with the domestic issue. In the end, they easily reconciled. They didn’t have the courage to stand up to Infantino. For to me, that man is a great disaster for football. It was a wonderful opportunity to tell him: you can’t continue this way!”Flick says no Germany player safe after shock World Cup defeat – but is he safe?Hoeness added that the other big European associations didn’t do great either…”There was enough time, they should have used their power and influence. I don’t think they did enough in that regard,” concluded the former first man of Bayern Munich.A reminder – for months the German media has been dealing with human rights in Qatar much more than the national team, hence the impression that Die Mannschaft traveled to the World Cup with unprecedented low level of support and low expectations. It seems that it will also affect the results at the planetary tournament…
