{"id":292035,"date":"2023-09-10T15:34:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T15:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=292035"},"modified":"2023-09-10T15:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T15:34:25","slug":"ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilkay Gundogan admits Germany have &apos;no confidence&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ilkay Gundogan reveals Germany have &#8216;no confidence&#8217; and are in a &#8216;mental fight with themselves&#8217; after humiliating 4-1 thrashing by Japan &#8211; leading to boss Hansi Flick&#8217;s sacking<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Germany lost to Japan in a friendly, just under a year out from hosting Euro 2024<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Boss Hansi Flick has been sacked after crisis talks with\u00a0director Rudi Voller<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ilkay Gundogan\u00a0has revealed that Germany have &#8216;no confidence&#8217; and are in a &#8216;mental fight with themselves&#8217; after the team&#8217;s loss to Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Germany were thrashed 4-1 by\u00a0the Samurai Blue with goals from\u00a0Junya Ito,\u00a0Ayase Ueda, Takuma Asano and Ao Tanaka cancelling out Leroy Sane&#8217;s effort.<\/p>\n<p>Boss Hans-Dieter Flick&#8217;s has been sacked by director Rudi Voller after his side won just four of their last 17 international matches.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona midfielder and Germany captain Gundogan reflected on yet another loss for his nation, admitting there was a crisis of confidence occurring within the squad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/15\/75266731-12501601-image-a-26_1694354553341.jpg\" height=\"411\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ilkay Gundogan has admitted his side are short of confidence after their poor run of form<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/15\/75266713-12501601-image-a-27_1694354558248.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Germany are hosting the Euro 2024 tournament, which runs from June to July next year<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><span>Gundogan confessed: &#8216;Very tough one to take. I think the only good situation was the goal, where we played the rhythm we wanted, but unfortunately, we have to admit Japan were defensively and offensively better than us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;We have to admit that we are just not on the same level with teams like the one today. We are just not good enough at the moment. That&#8217;s the reality. Maybe we even think we are better than we are.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think you can feel that a lot of our players are in a mental fight with themselves &#8211; there&#8217;s no confidence, there&#8217;s no understanding for the timing of decisions, and obviously these kind of games and results don&#8217;t help at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So we feel like everyone is fighting with themselves, and that makes it harder to create a spirit and atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Football-wise, there&#8217;s a big lack of confidence and that makes it harder to get the results.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Germany are in a real rut and badly need a positive result in their next friendly, against World Cup finalists France in Dortmund on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Flick was in charge of the team when they were knocked out the Qatar World Cup by Japan, but won&#8217;t be in the dugout any longer after his dismissal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/15\/75267277-12501601-image-a-37_1694355281850.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Germany boss Hansi Flick was sacked following a largely unsuccessful stint with national team<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12501601\/Ilkay-Gundogan-reveals-Germany-no-confidence-mental-fight-humiliating-4-1-thrashing-Japan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilkay Gundogan reveals Germany have &#8216;no confidence&#8217; and are in a &#8216;mental fight with themselves&#8217; after humiliating 4-1 thrashing by <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ilkay Gundogan admits Germany have &amp;apos;no confidence&amp;apos; - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ilkay Gundogan admits Germany have &amp;apos;no confidence&amp;apos; - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ilkay Gundogan reveals Germany have &#8216;no confidence&#8217; and are in a &#8216;mental fight with themselves&#8217; after humiliating 4-1 thrashing by &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-10T15:34:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dennis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ilkay-Gundogan-admits-Germany-have-no-confidence.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dennis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/\",\"name\":\"Ilkay Gundogan admits Germany have &apos;no confidence&apos; - Sportstons\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-10T15:34:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-10T15:34:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Ilkay Gundogan admits Germany have &apos;no confidence&apos;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sportstons\",\"description\":\"sportstons.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Dennis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dennis\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ilkay Gundogan admits Germany have &apos;no confidence&apos; - Sportstons","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ilkay Gundogan admits Germany have &apos;no confidence&apos; - Sportstons","og_description":"Ilkay Gundogan reveals Germany have &#8216;no confidence&#8217; and are in a &#8216;mental fight with themselves&#8217; after humiliating 4-1 thrashing by &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/","og_site_name":"Sportstons","article_published_time":"2023-09-10T15:34:25+00:00","author":"Dennis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ilkay-Gundogan-admits-Germany-have-no-confidence.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dennis","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/","url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/","name":"Ilkay Gundogan admits Germany have &apos;no confidence&apos; - Sportstons","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-09-10T15:34:25+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-10T15:34:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ilkay-gundogan-admits-germany-have-no-confidence\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ilkay Gundogan admits Germany have &apos;no confidence&apos;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/","name":"Sportstons","description":"sportstons.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Dennis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dennis"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}