It was to take the helm Hansi flick and the German ship afloat. The former Bayern coach faces his second break as Joachim Löw’s successor at the head of the Mannschaft with the sole objective of prolonging the series of triumphs that he has been marking since his arrival: the coach debuted with three victories out of three that restored hope to the fans of the four-time world champion after the recent failures in the World Cup in Russia (she was eliminated in the group stage) and in the EURO (they lost in the round of 16 against England). Tonight, already as the leader of Group J, Flick and his team intend to take another step towards the World Cup in Qatar (follow the game live on AS.com).
Beyond keep perfecting its football idea, based on fast transitions and the accumulation of players in the rival area, the coach will also have to solve a real headache when choosing his eleven. Müller returns after an injury that deprived him of being on the pitch in the debut of his former technician and everything indicates that Flick, as he did in Munich, pulls him from the beginning to the detriment of Havertz or Reus. Except for surprise, the bands will be for Gnabry and Sané and, above, Werner will try to return to being the killer which was before heading to Stamford Bridge.
He will face a team that added seven points out of nine possible in the last break in September and that in the first leg fell only by the minimum thanks to an early goal from Gnabry. It is third to a point of Armenia in second place and wants to continue with options to everything, so Radoi will pull his gala eleven with Marin commanding the center of the field and the exbetic Tosca in the center of the rear. The latter will be in charge of containing the fearsome German attack to which Flick, if necessary, can add the talent of young pearls such as Adeyemi or Wirtz. The future of the Mannschaft is now.
File and possible eleven headlines
GERMANY: Neuer; Hofmann, Süle, Rüdiger, Kehrer; Kimmich, Goretzka, Gnabry, Müller, Sané, and Werner.
ROMANIA: Nita; Manea, Chiriches, Nedelcearu, Tosca; Stanciu, Marin; Morutan, Hagi, Mihaila; and Keseru.
REFEREE: C. Çakir (Turkey).
STADIUM: Volksparkstadion, Hamburg.
HOUR: 20:45 (Be Mad).