00:00First of all, I think Germany, they're still producing good players.
00:03They've always produced good players.
00:05So it's not about the development of the individual players.
00:08I think it's more what I just spoke about, they believe in their own system.
00:12So what made us strong in the past will make us strong in the future
00:15and what makes us strong now in the present.
00:18I think we need to find back what is our identity and what are we standing for.
00:23And that's why I'm really happy with the appointment from Jürgen Klopp,
00:28because he's that guy who has his belief in this strong identity.
00:32I think we know what we'll get.
00:34Everyone knows what we'll get.
00:35And the second thing for me that is so important,
00:37he can build this connection towards the supporters,
00:41towards the fans, towards the country.
00:43And I think in football we speak so much about tactics,
00:46about new trends, about these things.
00:49But in the end, I always say football is a people's business.
00:52It's about building connections.
00:54It's about having this connection on the pitch, beside the pitch,
00:56and not only in the team, within the team, also with the supporters.
01:01And especially in Germany, I think that's something we have to rebuild, this connection.
01:05I have a little bit of this feeling now, in Germany we fall apart.
01:09Also regarding our society, we go left, we go right.
01:13But we lose this connection and that's what we represent a little bit at the moment on the pitch as
01:18well.
01:18So I think it's very important to stick to your identity, have this belief in your identity,
01:23have this belief also regarding the quality from the players and build this connection regarding fans.
01:28Because I think this will be crucial.
01:30I think he's definitely one of the coaches who shaped me.
01:36Not that I have a regular exchange with him, of course I'm in touch with him, but not a regular
01:42exchange.
01:43But what he brought into the football was this big word, even when I speak to the English people,
01:50they know this one word, gegenpressing.
01:51And I think it's so crucial in my game as well.
01:55I want to have this gegenpressing every time and this counterpressing because you can do it every time.
02:01No matter if you have a good day or a bad day, that's something that you can control.
02:04Your reactions on the pitch, focus on the next time, it's always something that you can do.
02:09And on top of that, I think he has this trust and his belief in his identity.
02:15And he was always like very successful in fifth teams.
02:19And he had to do something right and he will do something right with the Germans.
