Neuendorf wants to analyze
World Cup debacle “hurts” the DFB President
8/3/2023, 8:05 p.m
Bernd Neuendorf had already packed his bags because he actually wanted to support the DFB team from the knockout rounds of the World Cup in Australia. The sudden end in the group phase thwarts his plans, the disaster should now be analyzed.
DFB President Bernd Neuendorf wants to analyze the first preliminary round elimination of a German women’s national team at a World Cup together with Martina Voss-Tecklenburg. “I called the national coach right after the game against South Korea. Together we will work through this disappointment,” Neuendorf was quoted as saying in a statement from the German Football Association (DFB).
The 62-year-old football official, like the head of the national team, Joti Chatzialexiou, did not comment specifically on the future of the national coach. But he said: “Reaching long-term goals also involves setbacks. We had all planned to reach the round of 16,” said Neuendorf.
Immediately after the disappointment, Voss-Tecklenburg left her future as national coach open. In an interview, she spoke of a “historically poor result”. “We have to see together how we can move in the right direction again. That means that you have to do a constructive and factual review in all areas,” she said.
Meanwhile, DFB President Neuendorf was disappointed with the early departure of the national team. “The elimination of the women’s national soccer team in the preliminary round is extremely painful,” he said. “Unfortunately, our players didn’t manage to carry the momentum of their furious World Cup opener into the other games.” He was already sitting on packed suitcases because he wanted to accompany the team through the knockout phase: “Unfortunately, that won’t happen now.”
The German women’s team missed out on the round of 16 of the tournament in Australia and New Zealand after beating South Korea 1-1 at the end of the group in Brisbane.