Fullkrug aiming to set an example for Germany at Euro 2024

Niclas Fullkrug says it is important the German national side can set an example amidst political unrest

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00:00 I'll put it this way.

00:02 Politically, I always find it a bit difficult to express myself like that,

00:06 because I basically want to leave everyone with their own opinion.

00:10 I think influencing is very, very bad in this area.

00:15 But basically, it's important to me that we at least live out what I think is right in football,

00:22 or what we want to convey.

00:24 And I've talked about it before.

00:27 Football is something that starts very small, where you learn social behaviour,

00:32 where you learn to deal with each other in a group, in a small society,

00:38 to take care of each other, to work on successes, to work on defeats,

00:43 and to deal with it as a group.

00:44 In the end, it's what makes up our society in a small way.

00:49 And I think football helps a lot in spreading people to normal life,

00:56 more than in some other areas.

00:58 And that's why I think you want to be connected to someone on that level.

01:06 And that's football for me.

01:09 We're doing it professionally now, which is of course a different level.

01:12 But basically, I think it's always an advantage,

01:16 if you're already learning as a child, to integrate yourself socially into a group

01:19 and to be part of something there, where it's not just about yourself.