Klopp wants Germany's football team to 'reclaim the flag'

Jürgen Klopp used his first squad announcement as Germany's new head coach to deliver a stirring speech in favor of what he described as "positive patriotism." "I'd like to reclaim the flag for myself — or for us," Klopp said. "I want us to always wave it in a way that makes no one think: 'What's wrong with you?'" he said. "But, rather, that people simply get the feeling that you're happy and understand how lucky you are to have been born, raised or moved to this wonderful country." This was an apparent reference to the recent state election in Saxony-Anhalt , which the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won in a landslide victory.