Jurgen Klinsmann
Jurgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmannis a German football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of the United States men's national soccer team. As a player, Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the unified German team that won the 1996 UEFA European Championship. One of Germany's premier strikers during the 1990s, he scored in all six major international tournaments he participated in,...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth30 July 1964
CityGoppingen, Germany
CountryGermany
It's a shame that Oliver had to announce that his injury was worse than originally thought.
It will be a good opportunity to fine-tune our game before the World Cup, especially for the match against Ecuador.
We want to start them thinking that they're responsible for their own career.
We are all very disappointed. It was a lesson for us above all in the first half. But it's over now and we cannot escape it. We have to face the criticism.
It is a competition just like over the rest of the pitch,
We are delighted that Mehmet has rediscovered his best form, but for us, the players who are at the fitness test have priority.
Almost a year ago, in August, Oliver was in front but Jens has played very well these last few months, since the start of the season, and now he is ahead of Oliver. We think he is a tiny bit better.
And then '74 as I mentioned and then the 1990 world cup was our team was the team of the reunification you know, so we were the team for both sides of Germany so now, you know throughout the last 16 years, we've melted together. And now comes the next milestone.
A victory would offer us the opportunity to show the world who we are. We have the possibility to redefine Germany: to create a brand.
Of course we're disappointed -- we had high hopes and there were smashed within the first minutes. It was a frustrating lesson for us, but we believe in this team and we believe in the young players. We're confident that everything will work in 100 days.
Our World Cup preparations are firming up but the door remains open for interesting candidates.
Robert needs to get some match practice. We expect him to play the two Under-21 games in full.
Physically he is not fully fit at the moment and he urgently needs to win match practice.
Sure I should have been at the Fifa workshop for example, but I had personal reasons for not being there and looking back saying that it was a mistake for me not being there I would take the same decision because the personal situation has higher priority than a workshop.