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Hansi Flick out as Germany coach after 4-1 loss to Japan ahead of hosting European Championship
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Germany's national soccer coach Hansi Flick signs autographs in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Germany was jeered by its home crowd Saturday after slumping to a 4-1 loss to Japan to pile yet more pressure on coach Hansi Flick, nine months out from hosting the European Championship. - photo by Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP
WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — Germany removed Hansi Flick as coach of the men's national soccer team on Sunday, one day after a 4-1 loss to Japan deepened the gloom around the squad ahead of hosting next year's European Championship. The German soccer federation, known as the DFB, said team director Rudi Völler would be one of three coaches taking joint charge of the next game, a friendly against France on Tuesday in Dortmund. Germany hasn't won any of its last five games and was eliminated in the group stage at last year's World Cup.