The international press criticized Klopp's start as national coach after the Greece defeat

After the second defeat of the German national team under Jürgen Klopp, the international press is critical of the new national coach. »A great victory for Greece, an extremely disappointing evening for the Germans. Jürgen Klopp scored one point in two games as coach,” writes the British Guardian.

In France, the media attested that the coach had made a false start. “A defeat on the second matchday of the Nations League that is causing unrest,” writes Le Figaro. L'Equipe: sees the game as a "perfect coup" for the Greek team: "With a solid defense and a determined offense, Greece surprised Germany and Jürgen Klopp on Sunday in Augsburg."

The Greek newspapers celebrate their team. »The team in blue has made history and is at the top of the Nations League. What did you do again, Hellas? After beating England at Wembley (2024, editor's note), Greece has now defeated another giant," writes Gazzetta.

“An inglorious start as national coach”

Sport24 looks at the game in a similar way. “Hellas, you made history as a team,” they say. »Jürgen Klopp, take a bow: the blue and white team defeated Klopp's team – thanks to the golden goal scorer Kourbelis and an outstanding Tzolakis«

“Klopp suffers the first DFB bankruptcy,” writes the Kronen-Zeitung in Austria. In Switzerland, Blick reiterates that Germany lost to Greece for the first time in history. "Jürgen Klopp has had an inglorious start as national coach." With two defeats in his first games, he achieved something that no German coach has managed since Helmut Schön over 60 years ago.

“Greek tragedy for Klopp,” write AS in Spain. »Hard defeat for Klopp's Germany, which just can't really get going. One point from two games. Kourbelis caused the drama." Marca draws a parallel to the coach's predecessor: "Like Flick and Nagelsmann before him, he is also having a difficult start."

Klopp is confident

After his lost home debut as national football coach, Klopp himself took responsibility for the 1-0 defeat against Greece. »It's part of the process, absolutely. The line-up, the composition, the many changes - it's all 100 percent my responsibility," said the 59-year-old after the Nations League game on ARD.

At the same time, Klopp put the defeat into perspective. »We've been together for a week. Meeting a defensive opponent. They're a newly assembled group. And then we have to have processes,” said the national coach. “It was clear that we weren’t going to completely dismantle a low-lying Greek opponent here. Not winning or not winning the game today was something I could have easily lived with. You can’t lose it.”