Bastian Schweinsteiger says Pep Guardiola shares responsibility for Germany’s decline

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BERLIN (AP) Former Germany winger Bastian Schweinsteiger says Pep Guardiola shares responsibility for the decline of national teams, telling Britain’s Talksport radio that Germany has lost its values ​​because of the Spanish coach.

When Pep Guardiola joined Bayern Munich, when he came to the country, everyone believed that we had to play that kind of football, like short passing and everything. We were sort of losing our values, Schweinsteiger told Talksport on Thursday.

Schweinsteiger, who works as a television pundit, played under Guardiola for two seasons at Bayern after former Barcelona coaches arrived in Munich in 2013. Schweinsteiger left the club in 2015, while Guardiola left for Manchester City in 2016.

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I think most other countries saw Germany as a fighter, we can run to the end and everything. Forces have been lost over the past seven, eight years. We forgot about that and were more focused on playing the ball well with each other. That’s one of the reasons, Schweinsteiger said of Germany’s decline since 2016.

Joachim Lw was then Germany coach, having led the team to the World Cup title in 2014 with Schweinsteiger playing a key role. Germany reached the semi-finals of Euro 2016 but have since disappointed at major tournaments. Germany failed with a group stage exit at the 2018 World Cup, only reached the second round of Euro 2020 and were eliminated again in the group stage at the World Cup l ‘last year.

Under Lws replacement Hansi Flick, Germany won just three of their 11 games last season. The team have been whistled by their own fans during and after their last game, a 2-0 home loss to Colombia last month, and confidence is low ahead of the country hosting Euro 2024 next year. next.

Meanwhile, Guardiola enjoyed success with City, leading the Abu Dhabi-backed club to their maiden Champions League title last season.

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