On the same day that German football’s legendary “Super Sub” announced his retirement from football, Bundestrainer Hansi Flick, German national team manager Rudi Völler, and Germany U21 head-coach Antonio di Salvo all praised SC Freiburg for the club’s work in supplying the national team program with reliable players. Flick called Freiburg “a very special club that’s fun to engage with” whilst di Salvo praised Freiburg’s “formula for success”. In other DFB related news, Frank Linkesch of Germany’s preeminent footballing publication reports that FC Augsburg’s Arne Maier remains very much on Bundestrainer Flick’s radar and narrowly missed a call-up this time.
