Jürgen Klinsmann

Well, I think in both games, especially the first half, they showed that they can play with Belgium and they can play with Portugal.

They had their chances.

You know, I mean, now today, obviously, Christian had that shot just, you know, a couple of inches past the post and then a minute later.

Portugal scores.

And those are the little details that Maurizio is probably talking about.

It's the small little things that decide these type of games.

Now, just two months away from the World Cup, obviously it's really important, as he says,

to play the biggest teams possible, the biggest teams you can get in these windows because it gets more and more difficult for teams like Mexico and the United States and Canada to play European powerhouses or South American powerhouses because the calendar just changed with the Nations League.

now being part of their calendar as well, it's very, very difficult to play those teams.

And when you play those teams, yeah, you want to get the most out of it.

And you get here and there some lessons and then you learn out of those lessons and you move on.

What I hope, you know, after these two games is that they're not getting discouraged because obviously, you know, performance is one thing, you know, and I think there's both times that the first halves were OK, were good, but also, you know,

If you win games, if you have positive results, that gives your confidence level obviously another boost.

And then you go into the World Cup obviously with wide shoulders and with a lot of courage and confidence.

And I hope they're not getting discouraged now with these two results.

I mean, I think everyone has his own opinion and obviously Maurizio's opinion is the most important one for all of those.

I was in a similar situation in 2006 before the World Cup in Germany and we played the March games and we played in Italy and we got a less than 4-1 loss there.

And yeah, I mean, my job was in jeopardy.

Three months prior to the World Cup.

And obviously, the fan takes it differently.