Germany's World Cup hero fighting for his future
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E-mail Xinhua, September 7, 2015
After his two goals for Germany against Poland, Mario Goetze is again a hero on the international stage. However, the 23-year-old still has a problem at his club Bayern Munich where head coach Pep Guardiola does not seem to be convinced that he can rely on the striker in important games.
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| Germany's Mario Gotze holding the FIFA World Cup trophy cheers with fans after the final match between Germany and Argentina of 2014 FIFA World Cup at the Estadio do Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 13, 2014. [Yang Lei/Xinhua] |
His goal in the 2014 World Cup final a year ago secured Goetze a place in football's history books but did not improve his standing at his club. The striker was on the verge of leaving for Juventus or Arsenal. His status has declined from a World Cup winner to a talent struggling to make his mark.
A regular for the German national team, Goetze was mostly sidelined in Munich which many saw as being down to him and Guardiola not getting on well together.
In the German Cup final, Goetze was on the bench as well for most of the time for the Champions League semifinals against Real Madrid and Barcelona, the two most important games in Guardiola's era at Bayern.
Now games like the ones against Poland and the second European Championship qualifier against Scotland in Glasgow on Monday could put him on the road back to happiness.
Guardiola denies having a problem with Goetze who denies having a problem with the Spaniard. Nevertheless Goetze has difficulties which in turn could affect his career in the national team in the long run too.
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