BUENOS AIRES — The German National Team striker, Thomas Müller, criticized the game they played against his counterpart from San Marino because he considered that there is no point in facing such weak squads and even pointed out that it is an «unnecessary risk.»
In statements made to Daily Mail of England, the Bayern Munich striker was upset after the convincing 8-0 victory against San Marino because he stressed that such commitments lack a professional level.
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«I understand that for them (San Marino) playing against the world champions is a plus, but we footballers also have to defend our work and these games are an unnecessary risk. Playing against San Marino has nothing to do with professional football. I don’t understand the sense of playing games like this,» he said.
The statements of the 27-year-old striker have not gone down well within the San Marino National Team and the squad’s press officer Alan Gasperoni used his social networks to respond to the German.
Through his official Facebook page, Gasperoni wrote 10 points for which the game against Germany was of great benefit to both squads.
“Dear Thomas Müller, you are right. Games like the one on Friday are useless. It doesn’t help you to come to San Marino for almost free on a weekend when you could stay with your wife on the sofa in your luxury home. Or, who knows, you could have participated in some event organized by sponsors earning thousands of euros”, she indicated.
Regarding the 10 reasons given by the manager, he highlights the importance he gives to the money that San Marino entered to support new talents and harshly criticizes Müller’s attitude.
Here are the 10 points shared by Alan Gasperoni:
1.- It served to show you that even against bad teams like ours you can’t score goals. Don’t say you weren’t mad when Simoncini stopped you from scoring.
2.- It served to make your leaders understand that football is not their property. It belongs to all those who love it, among whom, like it or not, we are.
3.- It served to remind hundreds of journalists from all over Europe that there are still kids who follow their dreams and not their guidelines.
4.- It served to confirm that the Germans will never change and that history has not yet taught them that arrogance is not always a guarantee of victory.
5.- It served to teach 200 boys from San Marino who followed the game why their coaches always ask them to give their maximum effort. Who knows if one day his sacrifice will be rewarded with a match against the world champions.
6.- It served so that your Federation (and also ours) entered the money for television rights. With that, in addition to paying for your inconvenience, you can build safer facilities for children in your country, football schools and stadiums. Our Federation, and now I reveal a secret to you, will build a new soccer field in a remote town called Acquaviva. You could have built it with six months of your salary, but we will do it with the rights to the 90 minutes of the game.
7.- It served so that a country the size of a sector of your stadium in Munich appeared in the newspapers for a good reason. A football game is always a good reason.
8.- It helped your friend Gnabry make his debut in the national team with three goals. He can now ask Werder Bremen for a contract renewal for double what he earns now.
9.- It served to make some sad Sanmarinese remember that we have a true team. It will also happen to you, who are almost perfect, that someone comes when you lose and starts to get angry, right?
10.- It served to teach me that even if they wear the most beautiful model of Adidas shirts, underneath they will always be those who wear white socks with sandals“.