“He was surprised with the settlement, the changes were wrong”

Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Thursday, June 5, 2025, 08:22 / Updated Thursday, 05 June 2025 08:23
Germany lost the semi-final Nations League with Portugal, score 1-2, after led by 1-0 on Allianz Arena.
Although they opened the score through Florian Wirtz, in the 48th minute, the Germans later disappeared from the game, and Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates took advantage of the situation. Francisco Conceicao is equal to shortly after entering the field (63), and CR7 set the final score (68).

In time on Portugal will dispute the final with the winner of the other semifinal, Spain – France, Germany will play its 3rd place with the defeated of this match. The newspapers appeared today, in front of Bild, have no pity for Julian Nagelsmann and his players. The mentioned publication gave 5 notes of 5 (very weak), one of them being assigned to the coach!
Bild: “The changes made by Julian Nagelsmann disturbed the team's game”
Although Naglesmann faced many absences (Central Schlotterbeck and Rudiger defenders, Musiala offensive midfielder, Kleindienst Peak), journalists did not forgive him: “He surprised the defense yes of three. And the three changes operated after the 60th minute disturbed the team's game.
None of the replacements offered a new impulse to the team. On the contrary! Gossens was immediately responsible for Francisco Conceicao's goal. At no time of the match he has managed to truly mobilize the team, as he had recently done in the matches in the quarterfinals, against Italy. Note 5 “. Bild also noted with 5 on Gossens, Pavlovic, Mittelstaedt and Anton.
Julian Nagelsmann: “We lacked the flesh. We made many mistakes after 1-0”
Nagelsmann, in a row, put his finger on the wound: “I think we gave in the first half, even though it was 0-0. Portugal offered us many spaces, but we lacked the enthusiasm, the attack in the attacks.
Fall from the second half? “I was totally inactive for ten minutes after taking over the lead. I did not remove any ball from our 16-meter box and played completely relaxed. At 1-1, the impulse changed completely. After taking over the lead, I made a lot of mistakes.




