The German national team is hosting the EUROs this summer, but if the team wants to go out and win the tournament on its home soil, former Bayern Munich , Newcastle United , Liverpool , Manchester City , and Germany midfielder Didi Hamann says that Die Mannschaft will need talent, unity, and team spirit to make some noise. “Well, I think you need to be united. You need to have a competitive team for a start.
We have said to each other, let’s see whether somebody can beat us. We know that it takes a good team to beat us. We’re not the most stylish, we’re not the most beautiful to watch, but it takes a good team to beat us.
With 23, 24 players and coaching staff we’re fully united and that’s why we got as far as we did in the team I played in, and why historically we’ve done well as an international side too: It’s the belief and togetherness of the whole squad,” Hamann told Free Bets . “When you stick together, when you’ve got a team spirit anything is possible. I think that’s been lacking in the German team over the recent years.
And the other thing is, mentality only gets you that far. You need a competitive team. If the other teams are far better than you, maybe once you can make that up, but the other eight or nine times you lose.
So, you need a competitive team. “And if you’ve got a team spirit, if you’ve got all 25 players pulling in one direction, anything is possible. This is the beauty of a team sport.
You don’t have to be the best team .
