Even the prospect of a trip to national team coach Julian Nagelsmann could not dispel Oliver Baumann's bad mood. The goalkeeper stated on Sky's microphone after TSG Hoffenheim's 5-0 defeat at RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga that the call-up to the DFB squad and the planned double appearance in the World Cup tests in Switzerland and against Ghana did "nothing" for him.
A little later, Germany's number one quietly and yet with clearly audible frustration complained about the club's deficits. "The national team is always good, but today it hurts so much, this game," said the 35-year-old after the handful of goal slaps in the duel for a Champions League place. A Leipzig jersey on his shoulder remained his only haul of the evening.
He himself will miss the upcoming analysis in Kraichgau, but things cannot continue without coming to terms with the situation. "There was a sense of helplessness," said Baumann. His coach also needed a little distance, but basically agreed with his goalkeeper after the goals conceded by Brajan Gruda (17th/44th minute), Christoph Baumgartner (21st/30th) and Benjamin Henrichs (78th).
