Waiting for the returnee

Hope at the DFB team?

Waiting for the returnee

The DFB team bought some calm with the victory against Northern Ireland. And the national coach will also be able to take a deep breath – especially with a view of what comes back.

The game against Slovakia (0: 2) was one to forget, with the 3-1 victory against Northern Ireland a few days later, the German national team succeeded in making up for a little reparation. For national coach Julian Nagelsmann, up and down the feelings. The discussions as to whether a possible qualification for the World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada can really succeed in the coming summer should be somewhat subsided.

Because of the victory against Northern Ireland, there is hope that some regular players will return to the national team for the upcoming qualifying games in October against Luxembourg and in the second leg against the Northern Irish. With Kai Havertz, Jamal Musiala, Marc-André Ter Stegen, Tim Kleindienst, Deniz Undav, Nico Schlotterbeck and Niclas Füllkrug, who was unusual before the Slovakia game, was missing Julian Nagelsmann with a starting eleven potential.

For October, Schlotterbeck and Füllkrug in particular could be an option again. The BVB star suffered a meniscus tear in the left knee in April and had back into running training in early August. According to a report by the “Ruhrnachrichten”, he is making constant progress. A deployment in the Bundesliga in September does not seem to be excluded. And that Maximilian Beier was nominated for filling jug was a pure precaution. Fill mug had arrived prematurely due to “slight muscular complaints” in the calf, but there was no structural injury, the DFB had not been said.

Everyone else should still return. With small service (meniscus) it looks like it could be on the pitch again at the end of October, as the “picture” reported. And also with Undav (inner ligament tear) and Havertz (knee injury) there could only be a DFB comeback in November. In contrast, at Jamal Musiala (fabric) and Marc-André Ter Stegen (back surgery), a return in the international year 2025 is almost impossible.

Musiala is already working on his comeback and hopes for missions, at least for Bayern this year. “I take the time, don’t want to call a date. But with the progress that I have made so far, I would say: I would like to play compulsory games with Bayern in 2025,” said the offensive star. However, he should not return to the national team until 2026.

And ter Stegen? Nagelsmann had a clear opinion, said 3-1 against Northern Ireland: “I don’t expect a return this year.”