After his debut against Portugal, Nick Woltemade remains contrary to the original planning at the DFB team and will only travel to the U21 later.
Stuttgart’s Youngster Nick Woltemade should actually travel to the German U21 selection early after the missed moving in the national team into the final of the Nations League. After the 23-year-old’s international debut in the 1-2 in the semi-final against Portugal in Munich, national coach Julian Nagelsmann announced on Wednesday evening that he wanted to adhere to a corresponding agreement with U21 coach Antonio di Salvo.
A day later, the association decided: Woltemade will also be in the DFB contingent in the game for third place. The national team will play in Stuttgart against Spain or France on Sunday (live in the audio stream on sportschau.de).
Woltemade is supposed to shoot Germany for the European Championship title
After the weekend, the Stuttgarter will then move into the district of Di Salvo’s team. The U21 juniors are currently preparing for their EM finals from June 11th to 28th in Slovakia. Woltemade should lead the team to the desired title win as a regular and service provider.
“He used the 60 minutes well”
In his international debut, Woltemade against Portugal’s defense as a central attacker had a difficult stand. In the 19th minute he had Stuttgart cup winner However, the 1-0 on the foot. Goalkeeper Diogo Costa kept his shot. “It was okay for the first game,” said Nagelsmann to Woltemade’s performance.
“I don’t want to evaluate that too much. There are so many things pounded into a young player,” the national coach noted: “You don’t expect miracle things. He used the first 60 minutes as a national player.
Prize on Thursday, 5.6.2025 6:00 a.m., SWR Current in the morning, SWR Current
