Kimmich misses the international match against Serbia and comments on the defeat against Greece

Joshua Kimmich traveled home from the national soccer team with a stupid feeling again. And even earlier than he would have liked. "Difficult. I would have liked to stay, but I also understand that the coach would like to get to know other guys. That was the plan from the start that we would alternate. Accordingly, I will keep my fingers crossed from home,” said the captain after the bitter 0-1 defeat in the second Nations League game against Greece.

At the Augsburg venue, Kimmich had hoped for a different decision from Jürgen Klopp. But the national coach stuck to his plan that the 31-year-old captain would also take a break in the second week of the international match with the games against Serbia on Thursday and three days later against Greece in Thessaloniki. “I had kind of hoped to stay until the end,” said Kimmich. The fact that he decisively deflected Dimitris Kourbelis's goal was the low point in his 115th international match.

Maybe a guest in the stands in Munich

Not being part of the squad against Serbia in his home stadium in Munich, of all places, is particularly bitter for Kimmich, who is always ready for action. Especially since he doesn't have a replacement program for the next few days.

“I'm going home first and then we'll see. It won't go far now because the children go to school. Accordingly, I will be at home and maybe come to the game on Thursday,” said Kimmich.

The performance against Greece simply wasn't good enough, he decided. “It wasn't like we had to lose it. But it wasn't like we deserved to win. We didn't come up with enough for that. “We didn’t create enough chances,” admitted Kimmich.

"We will get better"

Nevertheless, he doesn't want to assess the start under Klopp too negatively. «It's obvious that we're trying things out, that we have to find each other, that it's a new approach and we have to get involved with it, and we will. We will also get better,” promised the Bayern professional. The mood in Klopp's first week of training as the new head coach "was very positive," said Kimmich.