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'Angry' Germany eye redemption v England

MUNICH - Germany manager Hansi Flick said "it is better to be angry now than at the World Cup" as he promised his side will learn from their 1-0 home defeat to Hungary.

"I am absolutely disappointed because as a footballer you hate to lose," Flick said after Friday's defeat in Leipzig, his rst since taking over the Germany job.

Flick said the rst-half performance was the worst of his 14 games in charge, but took some responsibility himself.

"I opted for a line-up that just didn't work so well," he said.

"The way we approached the game, we can do much better.

"The time for experimentation is over." Flick's "experimentation" referred to putting attacking mid elder Jonas Hofmann at right back, which he abandoned at half-time with the home side trailing to Adam Szalai's 17thminute goal.

"We wanted to try something with Jonas at right-back... we wanted to see two attacking full-backs," said Flick.

"As a result, we couldn't get in ow. I have to take some of the blame for that."

—AFP

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