German women's national team coach Christian Wück admitted on Thursday that he still faces a lot of work ahead of the Euro 2025 tournament in July.
"I expected it to be a little easier," Wück said on the eve of Friday's Nations League group match in Scotland, with the reverse fixture on Tuesday in Germany.
And when asked where he sees the team on a scale from 0 to 10, he said: "I would give it a 6.5 to 7."
Wück, who took the job in autumn, however also said he sees the team "on a good path.
"I think we have started a development ... which is backed by the players. We are working intensely on behaviour that can also be contrary to those at the club," he said.
Wück said that recent heavy Champions League exits of Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg "also don't help because they dent the confidence of the players a little bit."
The team has problems in defence where Wolfsburg's Kathrin Hendrich and Janina Minge as well as Manchester City's Rebecca Knaak will miss both games in Dundee and Wolfsburg, and Eintracht Frankfurt's Sara Doorsoun is also not available on Friday.
After the games against Scotland, Wück has only the remaining Nations League fixtures against the Netherlands on Mai 20 and Austria on June 3 to prepare for the Euros in Switzerland, where Germany play Denmark, Poland and Sweden in the group stage.
