The German national team used players’ wives and girlfriends to boost morale on the pitch ahead of Thursday’s decider against Costa Rica in the third round of the group stage of the 2022 World Cup.
Germany are bottom of the group with one point behind Spain (4 points), Japan and Costa Rica (3 points), and must beat Costa Rica by at least two unanswered goals, provided Japan does not beat Spain.
And the “Bild” newspaper revealed on Tuesday that the wives and girlfriends of the German national team players arrived at the camp and stayed for two days before starting preparations for the upcoming match against Costa Rica.
The location where the German national team resides is 111 kilometers north of Doha, which is why coach Hansi Flick refused to attend any player with him in the press conference before the match with Spain, which ended in a draw for 1-1, which made the German team threaten a fine from FIFA”.
Germany are facing a heated battle to qualify for the round of 16 after picking up just one point, after suffering an unexpected defeat to Japan, before snatching a valuable point away from Spain in the last breath of the match.
Germany were eliminated from the group stage of the 2018 World Cup for the first time in their history.
