Source:
REUTERS/LISA MARIE DAVID
[Saba
Sports News] In the recently concluded Men’s Basketball World Cup finals, the
German men’s basketball team achieved a historic victory by defeating Serbia
83-77, clinching their first-ever Men’s Basketball World Cup championship.
However, on a contrasting note, the men’s football team experienced a
significant setback. The German Football Association officially announced the
dismissal of Coach Hans-Dieter Flick due to the team’s poor performance under
his leadership. They faced further embarrassment when they suffered a 1-4
defeat against Japan in a recent friendly match, attracting criticism from the
media. Flick, a respected coach from his successful tenure at Bayern Munich,
was appointed as the head coach of Germany in August 2021. However, he failed
to prove himself at the national level. In the previous year’s World Cup held
in Qatar, Flick’s team failed to advance from the group stage, earning only one
win, one draw, and one loss, accumulating a total of four points.