Hansi Flick has been in charge of Germany for just over two years - but could he only have two games left?
The 58-year-old, who replaced long-standing coach Joachim Low in August 2021, started off with eight consecutive wins - but he has won just four of his next 16 matches."It sounds ridiculous being two friendly matches but Flick is under huge pressure not to mess this up. The last games [defeats by Poland and Colombia] were so bad this has become an unofficial final for his era," German football journalist Raphael Honigstein told BBC Radio 5 Live's Euro League podcast.
Such a bad showing has come as a surprise from a manager who won 70 of his 86 games in charge of Bayern Munich from November 2019 to June 2021.A World Cup group-stage exit was followed by just one win in five friendlies, with Germany not having to play in Euro 2024 qualifying as tournament hosts.Honigstein continued: "They let him get off after the World Cup, thinking it was a freak result. But the rehabilitation that was supposed to happen, hasn't and things have got worse.
"The Germany that have been good have found solutions and been creative. It would be too easy to let him off for that. "Ultimately the manager has the responsibility and player-for-player there is no reason why this Germany team is playing this badly.
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