Thursday, September 09, 2021
Just a “precaution”
Stopover makes return journey more difficult for the DFB
Everything is going well in Iceland. The national team also wins the third World Cup qualifier under the new national coach Hansi Flick. The return journey, however, is disrupted by an unplanned stopover in Edinburgh. From there, the national players scatter to the wind.
Technical problems. If not with the German national team, then on the plane. On the return journey from Iceland, Hansi Flick’s team had to make an unplanned stopover in Edinburgh, Scotland, at short notice. “Safety first. Safe stopover as a precaution,” it said on the DFB-Elf Twitter account. An update followed a little later: “We’re fine. Safety check on the machine is running.” Further details were not known at first.
An “individual onward and return journey” is now planned from Edinburgh. A relief for the five England professionals in the current squad. The Chelsea trio Antonio Rüdiger, Kai Havertz and Timo Werner, Arsenal keeper Bernd Leno and İlkay Gündoğan, who earns his money at Manchester City, are allowed to stay on the island. While the way back of the debutant and Salzburg striker Karim Adeyemi should continue via Germany, Atalanta Bergamo defender Robin Gosens and Paris Saint-Germain’s Thilo Kehrer could also do without the detour Germany.
Originally, a direct flight was supposed to bring the national team from Reykjavik to Frankfurt. The landing there was planned for 5:50 a.m., around 20 minutes after the planned landing time, the DFB then reported the stopover in Edinburgh. The DFB selection had continued their convincing series under the new national coach Hansi Flick on Wednesday evening. With the safe 4: 0 (2: 0) on Iceland, the national team was able to expand their lead in the World Cup qualifying group J to four points, also because the pursuers Armenia against football dwarf Liechtenstein did not get more than 1: 1. The goals for Germany were scored by Serge Gnabry, Antonio Rüdiger, Leroy Sané and Timo Werner.
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