Flick: Everyone has to work in themselves

Hansi Flick makes the beginning. Already before his coaching staff and the arrival of the Katar candidates selected by him for Newbie Anton Stach and returnee Julian Weigl, the national coach wanted to fight the first in the team hotel in Gravenbruch near Frankfurt.

• Flick: "Get stability"
• The DFB team will continue to be tested

At the time of team boss Rudi Völler at the beginning of the millennium, the football national team regularly resided there. Good preparation is all for Flick at the start of the World Cup year 2022 with the test match on March 26 in Sinsheim against Israel and the classic against the Netherlands three days later in Amsterdam as the first probation sampling samples. Especially the Oranje duel with coach Louis van Gaal find flick really appealing. Of course, everything is subordinate to the tournament highlight in eight months at the Arab Gulf.

Flick: "Get stability"

"That's a goal for us that we get stability in. Each player has to work in itself, not only tactical, but also physically," described a topic after the gathering of his paths of multiple cances on multiple positions altered squads. Further unclear was for flick if he can also welcome the battered Karim Adeyemi by Red Bull Salzburg. The striker teenager plagues muscle problems in the thigh.

Flick knows that there are currently many distractions. The war in Ukraine also employs the national coach very much. "It's not so easy to sit here and feel the expectations that all have when you see the pictures played from Ukraine," explained the 57-year-old the difficulties to put the focus on the subsoil football. The international matches designated flick as a "distraction" for "all people who worry about what's happening in the future".

The DFB team will continue to be tested

The debate for the controversial World Cup host Katar has even lost the glory in the face of the world. But Corona is still not over. Further stringent should be tested at the DFB team to quickly recognize possible infections such as November international matches against Liechtenstein (9: 0) and Armenia (4: 1).

"We have seen how fast the squad reduced," reminded Flick to the unpleasant days last in Wolfsburg. That's why this time he has at least 25 players - plus possibly Adeyemi. Since fixed sizes such as Leon Goretzka, Niklas Süle, Marco Reus, Robin Gosens, Jonas Hofmann or Jungstar Florian Wirtz lacks due to injury or training residue, Benjamin Henrichs or Robin Koch also come to the DFB comeback. Also Rio World Champion Julian Draxler may once again play.