german national football team and the netherlands on saturday. spoke exclusively to former germany captain michel ballack now he dished out plenty of criticism for the german football association and for coach joachim loew. germany's world cup disaster was on michelle buck's mind when de w.'s michael de silva met him in london the decision to back your can live did not sit well with the former captain as an outsider i was surprised as well as as many people that he kept his job. because he was a long time. since a long time he was with the team and. you know there's this time where sometimes things doesn't work anymore you know when you're solo with the team. was once the shining star of german football at the two thousand two world cup he led the team to a surprise final and later became the team's main man and captain but ahead of the twenty ten world cup ballack was injured and india and unceremoniously moved out of the squad now he feels that the german football association has not moved with the times. and even if we did maybe four eighty is something really good to be. champion. but you have to. feel self every day. you know we have. a trend sometimes. nation of this nat

now he feels the german football association has not moved with the times. >> if we did maybe 4, 8 yearsor something really good to be in world championbut you have to ask yourself every day in football -- football is really quick, you know that the we have a trend sometimes where this nation or this nation makes huge steps because of a certain reason, and you should not lose the advantage we had years before just because we think we're good. >> germany's current midfield maestro defended his coach's credentials at a press conference in berlin. >> heeems to be of the opinion that a change was needed, i guess. maybe he wanted to take over. i'm not sure. i think the coach has been proving for years that he's happy to keep on improving on himself. >> with critics continuing to doubt the decision, the coach and team are under pressure to respond with performances on the pitch. >> talk about bad performance. global stocks not looking good. >> essentially, investors are just panicking. wall street had its worst session in a long time last night. a trade war and interest rate hikes have everyon

football d.w. spoke exclusively to the former german captain michel balik head of the national team's match with the netherlands that's on saturday he criticised the german football association and coach welcome love who stayed in the job despite holder's germany crashing out of the world cup in the very first round. germany's world cup disaster was on michelle buck's mind when de w's michael de silva masterman london the decision to back your king live did not sit well with the former captain as an outsider i was surprised as well as many other people that he kept his job. because he was a long time. since a long time he was with the team and. you know sometimes things doesn't work anymore you know when you're with the team. was once the shining star of german football at the two thousand and two world cup he led the team to a surprise final and later became the team's main man and captain but ahead of the twenty ten world cup pollock was injured and in the end unceremoniously moved out of the squad now he feels that the german football association has not moved with the times. even if we did maybe for something really good to be. champion. but you have to ask yourself ever

was injured and in the end unceremoniously moved out of the squad now he feels that the german football association has not moved with the times. even if we did maybe four eighty is something really good to be. champion. but you have to all school solve every day in football. you know we have. a trend sometimes. this nation of this nation makes huge steps because of a reason and we shouldn't lose all advantage when we had the years before just because we think we're good today germany's current midfield maestro defended his coach's credentials at a press conference in berlin. which obama. seems to be of the opinion that a change was needed i guess that maybe he wanted to take over i'm not sure. i think you can live as improving for years that he's happy to keep on improving on himself . because with critics continuing to doubt the decision to stick with move the coach and the team under pressure to respond with performances on the pitch. let's get our business now is christophe and after plenty of turbulence there is a sigh of relief on the equity markets this morning that's right brian asian stock

not just go away you know the heart of istanbul thank you a term for the president of the german football association will no longer face trial for tax evasion the charges were linked to alleged vote buying in the country's successful bid to host the two thousand and six zero world cup. was forced to resign after the fact and gulf the association twenty fifteen but of course in frankfurt israel there is insufficient evidence for a trial is pretty sesa affair was months ago how will also face know of action unless prosecutors decide to appeal. don't forget you can always get d.w. news on the go just download from google player from the apple store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use it to satisfy those ads videos . that's a chill up today to more of the talk off the hour don't forget you can get all the latest on usenet for watching around the clock on our web site that's d w dot com good to. stay in school in the jungle. first climbing less of a minute or as grand the moment arrives a little joining

decision to stick with coach after the disappointing world cup in russia and felt that the german football association didn't do enough to tackle the problems you must pay attention on the results you achieved and it was a huge disappointment and reasons for that you know and you should underlies it really not like saying before we on the lies that you actually made already a decision which was keeping the coach so that's not going to rely on allies for me . and the germany team and team germany i should say will be in action on saturday after being criticised for not integrating enough new players at the world cup germany coach your home learnt house called upshot a striker mark for the first time i had of the matches against the netherlands and the world cups world champions france here's a look at germany's newest face. welcome to the german national team. undergo a bizarre if leaking initiation from his teammates now he's ready to go into battle . we all spoke at the start of the week but not about who plays. i don't know if i'll play or how long i'm just happy to be here and hope i can make my fi

very big thing he was fairly critical awards us but he was sorry to as you'll hear of the german football association but we can look at one quote weighs a little bit more positive he criticized you relive basically saying he should have been sacked but here he's quite positive about the future because he feels that the play is comparable with those of the french national team of course they won the world cup this summer and russia but he criticized the coach and also the internal review which he feels was not sufficient and he joins a long list of germany captains that have spoken out against the germans but will association in the aftermath of this disastrous world cup where germany crashed out in the group stage people like from speck about philip all of a con and the like and one of the leading figures in the current germany set up twenty cross yesterday at a press conference hit back and somewhat jokingly said maybe bach was off the job himself but felt that your love is the right man to take the team forward and live himself will be a press conference in around hof an hour's time speaking presu