Völler annoyed by late Sunday league game before Germany meet up
Germany national team director Rudi Völler is frustrated by the Bundesliga's decision to schedule a game late on Sunday ahead of the national team meeting up on Monday.
Germany face Italy in a Nations League quarter-final over two legs on Thursday and next Sunday. Seven players from Julian Nagelsmann's squad are involved in VfB Stuttgart against Bayer Leverkusen late on Sunday, in a game that could have been played on Saturday or earlier on Sunday.
"I had contact with the Bundesliga's match planners, and I was also annoyed, but I had the feeling that this would no longer happen in future," Völler told Welt TV on Sunday.
"You have the TV stations, you have to do them certain favours, then there are police problems when the games are scheduled. But two or three hours earlier would have been good for the players. It could have been resolved in harmony."
Nagelsmann, upset about the lack of regeneration time for his players, had previously also complained about league scheduling.
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