Germany coach Hansi Flick will maintain his job and lead the crew to Euro 2024 regardless of its crushing World Cup disappointment, the German Football Association (DFB) stated on Wednesday.
“We have full confidence in Hansi Flick that he will master this challenge together with his team,” Bernd Neuendorf, president of the DFB, stated in an announcement after a disaster assembly with Flick.
The transfer means Flick, 57, will get the prospect to hunt redemption on the Euros on dwelling soil in Germany.
“My coaching team and I are optimistic about the European Championship in our own country,” Flick stated.
“We as a team can achieve much more than we showed in Qatar. We missed a great opportunity there,” he added.
“We will learn our lessons from this.”
Flick took over as Germany coach from former mentor Joachim Loew after the European Championship in 2021.
He had beforehand served as deputy to Loew in Germany’s 2014 World Cup triumph in addition to main Bayern Munich to a treble in 2020.
He made a flying begin to the job with eight wins, leaving Germany assured heading into the match in Qatar.
However, the four-time World Cup winner crashed out within the group phases after shedding to Japan in its opening recreation.
Flick had stated on the night time Germany went out that he needed to stay within the job and see out his contract.
However, the identical was true of crew director Oliver Bierhoff, who however went on to face apart earlier this week — a lot to Flick’s disappointment.
Speculation had since been rife that Flick may additionally resign.
He will now be confronted with the duty of main Germany to victory on the European Championships with out his shut confidant.
In 19 worldwide matches below Flick’s management to this point, Germany have 11 wins, six attracts and two defeats — together with the painful loss to Japan in Qatar.
