Germany's Julien Nagelsman on sealing top spot after Swiss draw

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Germany's Julien Nagelsman on sealing top spot after Swiss draw  23/06/2024  UEFA24  Frankfurt Stadium, Germany

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00:00Good evening, everyone, welcome to the post-match press conference of Germany in the presence

00:18of the team's head coach, Mr. Julian Nagelsmann.

00:22Same as yesterday, remote translation is available in four languages, German, French, English

00:29and Italian, so please make sure to ask your question in one of those languages.

00:33And again, please state your name as well as the name of your media before asking the

00:37first question.

00:39We can start here, please, first row.

00:41Oliver Mucha from Sport Informationsdienst, hello Mr. Nagelsmann, you told us before the

00:49tournament that you have developed an emergency plan for situations like today.

00:53When did you call in the word emergency plan and how satisfied were you with the implementation?

00:58Yes, good evening.

01:00I didn't call it in at all, but we changed it so that it was more or less self-explanatory.

01:05The players really wanted to make a decision.

01:07You noticed that.

01:08We had an even better situation just before the goal, because we had even more space,

01:12where Völler had already extended the ball and we then put it to the outside and then

01:16flanked the dynamics pretty hard, which Akanji still defended away.

01:19Yes, and then in the end, I think it's a very well-deserved point.

01:23Of course, we took a lot of risks in the phase.

01:25You don't have to talk about it.

01:27Of course, you can get a second goal, which we also got, which was almost offside.

01:32But of course you have to take a lot of risks.

01:35It was a very good test, also for KO games.

01:37A good sign that we can come back.

01:39I think we scored 19 goals, won 58% of the duels, almost 70% possession.

01:47So it was very well deserved that we came back.

01:51Yes, I think we did very well tactically in the first half.

01:55Defensively also very good, but also offensively.

01:57We only played too little behind the net.

01:59If we had done that more, I think it would have been very difficult for the Swiss

02:02to react a bit to the changed order in the first 20 minutes.

02:07But we were a very good opponent.

02:09It was an exciting game and in the end the stadium was also very loud.

02:15Christian Wupp from the Funke Media Group.

02:16First of all, congratulations on the group victory.

02:18Niko Schotterbeck came into the game for Jonathan Tah.

02:21There is also a sign that he will start in the round of 16.

02:27Yes, he and Valdi have a duel.

02:30We couldn't bring both of them today.

02:32Both of them deserved it because they both do well.

02:34I already said at the pre-match PK that we trust the whole squad.

02:40Schlotti is now in a phase that was already difficult for an inside defender to get in there.

02:44With a lot of space that he had to defend.

02:47Because we took a lot of risks.

02:49Also in the run-up.

02:50He did very well until the end.

02:54Valdi also trains extremely well.

02:56Also with the situation.

02:57Top.

02:58I want to emphasize that.

03:01He had already earned a long-term commitment.

03:03That was actually intended today.

03:04But because of the result it was difficult to change even more in this position.

03:10But he's doing very well.

03:12And then everyone else who came in.

03:14David and Fülle make the goal in combination.

03:18And then the reaction of the team.

03:20Maxi goes to David.

03:21Everyone celebrates David and Fülle in the dressing room.

03:23That's a very special spirit.

03:25And they have to keep it.

03:27That's something special that can trigger a lot.

03:32Christian, Falk, Bild.

03:33Julian, you played with the same starting XI three times.

03:36Today there were also a few header chances.

03:39Niklas Füllkug used the time you gave him very well.

03:44Can it be that Füllkug was already very close to the first XI?

03:49That he used his chance and now has a chance that he might get a place in the first XI?

03:56Yes, he has.

03:57Kai has the same.

04:00Kai has already had three good chances.

04:02He was also annoyed that he didn't make two of them.

04:05Unfortunately, the header hit himself on the shoulder.

04:08Where he was relatively free.

04:10But still, I think it was a good game.

04:12Of course, Fülle, these are also moments when we need him.

04:17He actually made arguments for both things.

04:19To continue acting as a joker, because he does it great.

04:22And made the second joker goal.

04:24Or even from the beginning.

04:29It's joy and sorrow for him at the same time.

04:31That he fulfills the role very well.

04:33It was a great goal, but not so easy.

04:36Of course, he now has a week to give gas.

04:39We all do.

04:40And then we'll see who we have in the 8th.

04:43And how we play.

04:48Hartmut Scherzer from the Frankfurt Neue Presse.

04:50Follow-up question.

04:52How happy are you that you have a classic nine on the bench?

04:59Very happy.

05:01That's why we did it that way in the squad meeting.

05:03Kai can also play the central top.

05:06He does that well too.

05:09Fülle is a bit of a different type of player.

05:11It depends a bit on what we need.

05:13Also in certain phases.

05:14I think from the beginning it was right with Kai.

05:16Because we just wanted a lot of speed into the chain.

05:19We played too little.

05:20But the spaces were there.

05:21The Swiss expected us differently than we played.

05:24We already had big order problems at the beginning.

05:27We can go into the lead in the first minute.

05:29It wasn't so easy to process the ball for Ilkay.

05:32But it was a very good attack.

05:34In the second half we also had good chances in the first 15 minutes.

05:38In the same way.

05:40In the end we took a lot of risks.

05:42We changed a lot of offensives.

05:45We tried to leave certain sizes on the pitch.

05:48Of course we have the two Jamal and Flo.

05:50Who can control a lot on the ground.

05:53They sacrifice for more speed and physicality on the pitch.

06:00In the end we put Antonio in front.

06:02Another central defender from the opponent.

06:04It was rewarded.

06:05That was a lot of risk.

06:08But who doesn't dare.

06:10Who doesn't play indecisively.

06:12In this case.

06:29Especially with the striker.

06:31Already many questions have come from colleagues.

06:35Don't you have a plan C, plan D when Kai Havert is not delivering?

06:42Especially in the headings.

06:48As I mentioned in German, I repeat it in English.

06:52It's always important that you have players from the bench

06:54who can decide games or shoot an equalizer.

06:58It's important for the knockout stage.

06:59But also for the group stage as well.

07:01As you have seen today.

07:06We prepare the opponents.

07:07We create a plan.

07:09We try to give the players special spaces.

07:14We analyse and decide for a starting line-up.

07:21After that we need players from the bench who can come in.

07:24They are kind of different to the players who begin the game.

07:29We did it like that today.

07:30We tried to play a bit more crosses in the last 10-12 minutes.

07:35Because the Swiss team closed the space in front of their box.

07:40It was not that easy to play through the middle.

07:44They tried to get some ball-winning moments for counter-attacks

07:46in this phase of the game.

07:48At the end we tried to fix some players in their defence row.

07:51To have more space on the wing.

07:53To get some earlier crosses.

07:55Like David did brilliantly in this situation.

07:57It was a brilliant finishing moment.

08:01We need every player on the bench.

08:04Every player could be very important for us in every situation.

08:08We are happy with the players who start the game.

08:13And also with the players who come from the bench

08:16and decide the game or shoot the equalizer.

08:21Hello, Arne Richter from DBA.

08:23Mr. Nagelsmann, how will you spend Tuesday night with the team?

08:27To watch the next opponents?

08:28Or rather with your coaching staff to make an analysis?

08:31And can you say something about Antonio Rudiger,

08:33who had problems with his thigh?

08:36We already prepared all opponents.

08:39It can be anyone of the four.

08:44I also assume that they play in parallel.

08:46I am not sure.

08:48We can't watch all four.

08:54We always have a big screen outside,

08:56where many of the players watch.

08:58We have a lot of mosquitos.

09:00We have to check if there is some wind.

09:02Otherwise we go to the office and watch.

09:05But of course we already have our two hardworking analysts.

09:11Leo and Freddy already prepared all four opponents.

09:14So we can watch the individual phases.

09:17We have to prepare for everything.

09:20Tuesday night and Wednesday morning

09:23we have to prepare for the free adjustment.

09:26It's not optimal, but we have two days more regeneration.

09:29The opponent probably doesn't see it as optimal either.

09:32It somehow evens out.

09:36The four potential players only have to prepare one.

09:39We use the two days more to prepare.

09:42It all evens out in football.

09:45The better player should win on Saturday night.

09:49I don't know yet.

09:51He has problems with his thigh.

09:53We hope it's nothing serious.

09:55But I can't say it yet.

10:00I would take this ball with the opponents.

10:03There are some nostalgic players.

10:05He wants a classic against England.

10:07Joachim Löw was eliminated in the round of 16 three years ago.

10:10But you can also say that Denmark is very uncomfortable

10:13with many international players in the top leagues.

10:16How do you see it?

10:18Do you have a preference?

10:20No, because I can't influence it.

10:22That's why it doesn't make sense to have one.

10:28The rule of the tournament is

10:30that the opponents tend to get better

10:32because they have advanced.

10:34I haven't played that many tournaments yet,

10:36but I assume so.

10:38If you had a tournament,

10:40you wanted to get far.

10:42Then the opponents tend to get stronger.

10:44I assume we have a very good opponent.

10:46I think all four teams are uncomfortable.

10:48I think they would have expected

10:50a clear distribution of points

10:52before the third matchday.

10:54That's not the case.

10:56Everyone can still be our opponent.

10:58But it doesn't make sense to have a preference

11:00because I don't influence it.

11:02If there is no preference,

11:04then it means that it is the opponent

11:06who won the match.

11:12Christoph Kneer, Süddeutsche Zeitung.

11:14Mr. Nagelsmann, I wanted to ask

11:16about your substitutions.

11:18You said you wanted to bring

11:20size and pace.

11:22But you brought Maxi Bayer first.

11:24You could have expected

11:26Füllkrug first as a layman.

11:28You tried to play the pace card first

11:30and then the flanks and the headers

11:32as the last emergency solution?

11:34I feel that the Swiss want to score

11:36a second goal.

11:38They didn't start to wall.

11:40In the switching situations

11:42they did it with a lot of staff.

11:44But we defended almost everything

11:46except the away goal.

11:48They also had the shot from Chakka

11:50that Manu kept very well.

11:52But they gave us a lot of space

11:54behind the net.

11:56That was the problem in the beginning

11:58that Rodriguez and Scheer

12:00didn't have a clear distribution.

12:02And then we wanted to have

12:04Maxi as the fastest player

12:06in our squad.

12:08We wanted to have speed

12:10behind the net

12:12to put the opponents

12:14in a different position.

12:16The longer the game

12:18takes, the more likely

12:20the Swiss will start

12:22to bring the result.

12:24We needed flanks and size.

12:26We brought two players

12:28with David and Fülle

12:30and sent Antonio Rüdiger

12:32to the front in the last 5 minutes

12:34to bind a central defender

12:36in a flanking situation.

12:38In the end it worked

12:40with a good flanking

12:42and a technical header.

12:44He used it well.

12:48Kerstin von Kalkreuth

12:50I would like to come back

12:52to the goal by Füllekrug.

12:54There was this one moment in 2006

12:56when Neville scored against Poland

12:58and the whole stadium

13:00flew into the air.

13:02It was incredibly emotional.

13:04Did that moment

13:06come to your mind?

13:08Could that moment

13:10create a starting shot?

13:14I don't remember

13:16that moment.

13:18I was too caught up

13:20in the here and now.

13:22If you write a script

13:24it's more like a 4-0.

13:26It's more relaxed

13:28but more emotional.

13:30The way the group

13:32was in the dressing room

13:34with the players

13:36was very good.

13:38It was important for the stadium.

13:40It was calm

13:42for a long time.

13:44A small

13:46emotional explosion

13:48wasn't entirely wrong

13:50towards the end of the game.

13:52Sebastian Rieder

13:54Can you show us

13:56the big picture of Switzerland?

13:58Can you show us the qualities

14:00of this team?

14:02Is Switzerland your

14:04secret favourite?

14:06I'll tell you

14:08about that later.

14:10I don't know if the players

14:12want to hear that.

14:14Murat, if you want to,

14:16you're one of the secret favourites.

14:18They're very aggressive

14:20and very unpleasant.

14:22They defend well.

14:24Akanji played very well.

14:26He kept the team together.

14:28He brought

14:30a very good season

14:32with him.

14:34He has a good tempo

14:36and good physicality.

14:38As I said before the game,

14:40he's a good mix of experienced

14:42and young, hungry players.

14:46The goal was

14:48very good.

14:50It was a very nice goal.

14:52It's not the best goal,

14:54but it's one of the best

14:56so far in my opinion.

15:00We have a good mix of

15:02tempo, good physicality

15:04and the courage to play football.

15:06However, I think

15:08we did very well defensively

15:10especially in the first half.

15:20Thank you.

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