German team captain Kimmich talks about the difficulties of the national team, believing that injuries are the root cause of the team

Hupu September 14th, German national team captain Kimmich believes that frequent injuries are one of the biggest problems that plague the team.

In an interview with "Sports Focus", Kimmich said: "After the European Cup, we played really exciting football and played several very outstanding national team games. That enthusiasm could continue. But then some key players were absent one after another."

Due to frequent rotation of personnel, the German team lost the rhythm. Kimmich explained: "When you often cooperate with the same players on the court, the game will be simpler, which can be clearly felt."

head coach Nagelsman led the team to lose 0-2 to Slovakia in the first World Cup, and then defeated Northern Ireland 3-1. At that time, several offensive core players, including Mushara and Havertz, were absent due to injuries.

Kimimich admitted: "We know ourselves that we have not played to the top level and there is still a lot of work to be done." He emphasized that the current primary goal of the German team is to ensure that they advance to the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup.

In the next schedule, Germany will face Luxembourg at home on October 10, and away against Northern Ireland three days later. Kimmich reminded: "The problem at the moment is that we always don't play well enough when facing so-called small teams. We have to solve this and play more dominantly."

But he also maintains confidence: "If we can overcome these problems, then I am not worried at all that we can beat the strongest teams in the world and Europe in 90 or even 120 minutes of the knockout round."