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“Too much” public criticism by Mats Hummels

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"Too much" public criticism by Mats Hummels

For Lothar Matthäus, Mats Hummels recently overshot the mark with public criticism of his teammates at Borussia Dortmund. “Mats should continue to be critical of himself and his teammates in public, just not so often please,” wrote Matthäus in his sky-Column.

After weak performances, Hummels had repeatedly found clear words in front of the camera. “As a leading player for Borussia Dortmund, he should, may, can and must, of course, put his finger on the wound, just like I did for FC Bayern back then,” said Matthäus, but “of course the team-mates don’t like it and it’s up to them the pointer. That’s how it was back then in my time”.

It was “too much in frequency” for him with Hummels, “and I don’t buy it from any player that he discusses everything with the cabin beforehand, but sometimes stands at the Sky table five minutes after the final whistle,” said Matthäus: “Then you can’t have informed the team beforehand.”

The 61-year-old would take the central defender with him to the World Cup in Qatar (“he has performed very well again in the last few weeks”). “But if he does, then he has to go to Qatar as an important player. Maybe not as an absolute regular and in every game from the start, but also not as number 23 and for the good mood in the team or to pass on his experience. That’s what he’s for too bad and his name too big.”

The same applies to Mario Götze: “Mats and Mario must have the feeling that they can make a difference there and help the team if they are allowed to go.” In Götze’s position, “of course, Florian Wirtz and Marco Reus are playing, who are currently out or just coming back”, as well as Jamal Musiala and Thomas Müller, but: “A Mario Götze in top form – and that’s what he is right now – would also suit our national team certainly look very good.”

Because: “I’m really happy for Mario at the moment. Each of us’s hearts rise when he sees him on the pitch with his courage, his imagination and the inimitable pinch of cheek. He’s matured, grown up and is playing the way it is again everyone wants to see because there are few others who can.” That’s why Matthäus “can very well imagine that he can still be responsible for these very special moments, even when he’s substituted on. Like in 2014.”

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