m.DFB Vice President Hans-Joachim Watzke Defends Male-Only Task Force and Wants New Impetus on Kick-Off Times for International Matches

For kids the late kick-off time is a problem. And in specific we desire to bind the youth to the national group. We have to find a service in the medium term, said Wake, who also managing director of

I personally like that if it allows the legal framework that global matches will be started once again at 8:15 p.m. instead of only at 8:45 p.m., states Wake to the Spiegel. It is clear to the DFL Supervisory Board Chairman of the DFL and the DFB Vice President that there are contractual requirements. If you do not adhere to them, you have to accept financial losses. For kids the late kick-off time is a problem. And in specific we want to bind the youth to the nationwide group. We need to discover an option in the medium term, stated Wake, who also handling director of Borussia Dortmund is. Wake wishes to make the DFB team more popular once again. More nearness has actually to be permitted around the nationwide group.

When structure of this job force, it was trivial that it varied.

Hans-Joachim Watzke safeguarded the composition of the simply male football taskforce, which has to take care of these topics, among other things.

DFB President Bernd Bettendorf, Wake, previous Bayern manager Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the previous DFB team boss Audi Roller, Bavaria CEO Oliver Khan, ex-DFB sports director Matthias Summer and the ex-RB Leipzig managing director Oliver Mintzlaff come from the committee, the composition of which was partly sharply criticized in public. When it comes to composition of this task force, it was not essential that it was diverse. It had to do with bringing as much football experience and quality as possible, stated the 63-year-old. The gentlemen who are now part of it have actually currently won lots of titles in different functions, they understand which organizational structures are needed so that success is produced. We need this knowledge for the European Champion in our own nation.