From TV viewer on the couch at home, Hansi Flick becomes a secret Lionel Messi fan, despite all the neutrality required of a national coach.
“If you are a football romantic, you would like Lionel Messi because he is only the most outstanding player of the last ten years when you add Cristiano Ronaldo. But Messi is only Messi. Of course he showed in the match against Croatia what quality he has” flick said before the World Cup final between Argentina and France in an interview with the German news agency.
“I’ll watch it at home,” Flick said before the game at Lusail Stadium on Sunday (4pm/ARD and Magenta TV). “Obviously you can follow the movements in the stadium even better because you can see more things live, but we used the time with the coaches for our analysis,” he said, explaining why he decided not to return to Qatar for a full two weeks after the match. his own World Cup -Fail.
A special bond with former Bayern players
Despite all the enthusiasm for Messi, Flick is naturally keeping an eye on the French as well. “Both teams deserve to be in this final,” said the 57-year-old. “France is also very stable. You want the best team to deservedly become world champions,” Flick underlined.
Of course, he feels a special bond with his former Bayern players. “There’s Kingsley Coman, Benjamin Pavard, who you know, Lucas Hernandez sadly is injured. Obviously it’s the case that you have a different relationship there,” Flick noted. In the end he was “completely neutral, he watches the game and in the end the best team should lift the trophy”.
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