"Ich sagte 2018 zu meiner Frau: Die kommen nicht weit": Nils Petersen über DFB-Aus & Jugendgericht

This podcast might include the following: Paraguay, Julian Nagelsmann, penalty shootouts, leadership, team culture, Freiburg, Christian Streich, juvenile court, behavioral therapy, FOMO, reliability. He was never the most talented player—and yet he became the Bundesliga's record-breaking substitute, a Freiburg icon, and a German Olympic silver medalist. Today, Nils Petersen is a TV pundit, podcaster, and volunteer lay judge at a juvenile court. In this conversation—one year after his first visit and in the midst of the 2026 World Cup—they discuss Germany's elimination against Paraguay and the question of why the more expensive team can be the inferior one, the success model of SC Freiburg (character over squad value), leadership, self-criticism, and the absence of "dirty players," dealing with public failure after missing an Olympic penalty—and how to reinvent oneself after a career. 🕐 Chapters: 00:00:00 Teaser 00:01:19 – Update: Job Portfolio and Volunteering 00:10:39 – Eliminated against Paraguay 00:15:14 – What's missing from the DFB? 00:21:20 – Insider 2018: “They won’t get far” 00:26:39 – Penalty shootouts, pressure & responsibility 00:32:38 – Neuer–Baumann & Nagelsmann 00:42:05 – The SC Freiburg success story 00:55:38 – Networking, comfort zone & podcast 01:02:46 – Money after your career 01:11:12 – Pressure, therapy & FOMO 01:14:41 – World Cup prediction 🎙️ Nils Petersen Instagram:   / nils_petersen18   PIPAPO – More than football: https://open.spotify.com/show/21x6Kfk... 📲 Follow us: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thebtapod/fe... Instagram:   / behind.the.athletes   TikTok:   / behindtheathletes   ✉️ Contact: https://www.bta-pod.com Mark Hartmann:   / mark-a-hartmann-0387ba1   #football #worldcup #dfb #germany #freiburg