National team: Köpke believes in German World Cup

The former Bundestorwartstrainer Andreas Köpke dares a good role in the World Cup in Qatar after the successful new beginning of the football national team.

"The games under Hansi went great, you have to say that very clearly," Köpke said the "German Press Agency" just before his 60th birthday. Flick had replaced after the EM Joachim Löw as a national coach. The 57-year-old has set a star record as a national coach with seven victories in seven international matches.

Köpke points to a central difference to the end of the era Löw. "The team has shot many goals, which has leased us under Joachim Löw in recent times. That was like a red thread. We had scorchances like crazy, but did not have the goals and have been punished. Under Hansi is that different."

Köpke sees the development of the DFB selection "really positive". With the direction of WM he said, "The guys do that well. And if you get well into the tournament when you get into a flow, then much is possible. Because good players we have."

"Hansi makes the super"

The European Champion goalkeeper from 1996 to the upcoming games in the Nations League against European champion Italy and EM-Finalist England. Since "you can measure yourself against really good opponents, where you can get close together when the successes are there. Therefore, we will certainly play a very good role in the World Cup."

Flick is the ideal cast as Löw followers for him. "Hansi makes the great, even before the FC Bayern", judges Köpke. From 2006 to the World Cup title win 2014 in Brazil belonged Flick as a wizard like Köpke to the coaching rod of Löw. "One could have been a Jürgen Klopp as successor to Joachim Loew," Köpke said, "But Kloppo was never a real topic because he is at the FC Liverpool. Hansi still knows many players. The philosophy also fits him. "