{"id":809018,"date":"2026-03-07T00:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/809018\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T00:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:44:13","slug":"leon-goretzka-fueled-by-germany-coach-julian-nagelsmanns-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/809018\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Goretzka fueled by Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann\u2019s words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Germany head coach raised eyebrows this week after giving an interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bavarianfootballworks.com\/bayern-munich-coaches\/173820\/julian-nagelsmann-is-likely-planning-to-have-leon-goretzka-as-a-starting-midfielder-at-the-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highlighting<\/a> the importance of Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka to the men\u2019s national team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After all, the performance principle is supposed to be paramount and Goretzka has not often been first choice of late.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Goretzka, for his part, is not taking any of it for granted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI didn\u2019t see his words, as some have interpreted them, as a free pass. I see them as motivation,\u201d Goretzka explained after Bayern Munich\u2019s 4-1 dismantling of Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach on Friday (as captured by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/2030044398755500227?s=20\">@iMiaSanMia<\/a>). \u201cJulian Nagelsmann and I already had a special connection at FC Bayern. We had a difficult time around the EUROs and differing opinions. But I\u2019m proud that I fought my way back into the starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cHis words didn\u2019t surprise me. I played every game in the qualifiers and I feel very comfortable in that position. I know exactly what Julian expects from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 _16w9vova ls9zuh1\">The veteran midfielder showed up well in his starting opportunity on Friday, supplying a sublime assist from a central position to slip winger Luis D\u00edaz into the box for the opening goal. Germany fans won\u2019t mind seeing more of the same this summer at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If you are looking for more Bayern Munich and German national team coverage, check out the latest episodes of Bavarian Podcast Works, which you can get on <a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/bavarian-podcast-works1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5kHW7eDJSF2sGA1O6gKxvB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/bavarian-podcast-works\/id1460036325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a>, or any leading podcast distributor\u2026 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany head coach raised eyebrows this week after giving an interview highlighting the importance of Bayern Munich midfielder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[25032,2000,299,129072,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-809018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-bayern-munich-bundesliga","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-german-national-team-and-international-soccer","12":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116185128385952579","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}