Jurgen Klinsmann, Mauricio Pochettino and Peter Schmeichel hailed former Chelsea academy star Jamal Musiala as he continued to impress for Germany on the World Cup.
Musiala helped Germany draw 1-1 with Spain on Sunday night time and preserve their World Cup hopes alive, though Hansi Flick’s aspect will nonetheless have to beat Costa Rica of their last group recreation to progress to the knockout levels.
Klinsmann, Pochettino and Schmeichel had been all impressed by Musiala’s efficiency, calling him ‘probably the most gifted younger gamers’ on this planet.
The 19-year-old has established himself as a key member of Bayern Munich’s squad after leaving Chelsea in 2019.
The midfielder spent nearly a decade in Chelsea’s academy and represented England U15 earlier than heading to Germany three years in the past.
Following Germany’s very important draw with Spain, former Germany boss Klinsmann advised BBC One: ‘I feel Musiala was the excellent participant for Germany at such a younger age. He’s full of unusual components, he’s not scared.
‘He's a incredible younger participant that grows by the Bayern system. It’s his first World Cup and he'll solely develop increasingly.’
Ex-Manchester United goalkeeper Schmeichel added: ‘The one that basically caught my eye was Musiala, what a fantastic participant he guarantees to be.’
Former Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham supervisor Pochettino additionally singled out Musiala for reward, saying: ‘For me he is among the most gifted younger gamers.
‘With Gavi, with Bellingham, Pedri, he’s an enormous expertise. I feel he’s going to develop through the World Cup. I feel Germany can shock.’
Following Sunday’s video games, Spain sit prime of Group E with 4 factors out of a doable six. They face Japan of their last group recreation, who adopted an unbelievable win over Germany with a disappointing defeat to Costa Rica.
Discussing Germany’s draw with Spain, Outdated Trafford legend Schmeichel added: ‘I feel we had been handled to a fantastic recreation of soccer.
‘The gamers who performed gave the whole lot, quite a lot of incredible play particularly by Spain. Germany additionally had some actually good strikes.
‘I additionally should say that the referee helped the sport, he let issues go and it turned a a lot, significantly better recreation due to that.
‘On the finish of the day, the result's a good reflection of what we’ve seen right this moment. Two of the very best groups within the footballing world and Germany very a lot improved from what we noticed in opposition to Japan.
‘They regarded stable in the way in which they defended and in management up in opposition to a workforce who humiliated Costa Rica. We didn’t see any alternatives like Spain had in opposition to Costa Rica right this moment.’
Schmeichel expects each Spain and Germany to advance from Group E, including: ‘I’m impressed. I count on each of those groups to undergo now.
‘As soon as they get previous the group stage everyone knows that it turns into a special match for the groups they usually strategy it another way. There’s each alternative to enhance.’
Germany have received 4 World Cups however former supervisor Klinsmann doesn't see the workforce as main contenders in Qatar.
‘I might be stunned if Germany are difficult for the trophy,’ the 58-year-old mentioned.
‘It will be enormous if they may get to the semi-finals however I feel difficult for the trophy is reserved for different groups.’
Pochettino, in the meantime, questioned Spain’s World Cup credentials after they had been held by Germany.
The Argentine mentioned: ‘I'm just a little bit frightened about Spain now. I noticed some weaknesses right this moment.
‘Once they had been put below strain by the excessive Germany press they struggled to seek out options and there have been some errors.’
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