Nick Woltemade also scored a decisive goal against Slovakia. He is now one of the most important players in the German national team – he fills a position that the team has been missing for too long.
Nick Woltemade is unstoppable in the national team. Against Ireland he scored the decisive goal in a 1-0 win. The DFB team also emerged victorious against Luxembourg thanks to their two goals. And against Slovakia? Woltemade was there again and contributed to the 6-0 win. After a cross from captain Joshua Kimmich, he scored the first goal of the evening and thus another key moment.
Woltemade has shown that he can become one of the most important players in the German national team and thus in the World Cup next year. Because he is exactly the center forward that the Germans have longed for for so long: strong in attack, quick over long distances, driving the team’s game forward. And it is even more than that: a real Käpsele, as the Swabians would say. So intelligent and clever. Woltemade has an exceptional understanding of the game, looseness and ambition. The German team has been missing someone like that since Miroslav Klose’s departure.
The striker scored with a header against Slovakia. Nothing unusual? Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that. In the case of the 1.98 meter man, this is worth mentioning. After all, he only scored one header goal at VfB Stuttgart in the entire last season. He scored with his head on his debut at Newcastle United, as well as against Arsenal and in the Carabao Cup against Tottenham. Now in the DFB team. The offensive player shows that he can develop further and help the team with new qualities. No matter whether in England or with the DFB team.
It is precisely this willingness that benefits the national team. Especially since Woltemade is still young at 23 years old, compared to DFB strikers like the recently injured 30-year-old Tim Kleindienst or 32-year-old Niclas Füllkrug. In terms of football, Woltemade also perfectly complements creative artists such as Florian Wirtz and Jamal Musiala on the pitch. He also showed that on Monday evening when he served Wirtz and he in turn provided the assist for Leroy Sané’s goal.
That should also reassure Nagelsmann. In order to make his dream of a World Cup title come true, he needs an offensive and, above all, a striker he can rely on. Woltemade has only played eight games for Germany and is already the bearer of hope for the upcoming major event. Especially since he has proven that he can handle pressure.
After all, he came to Stuttgart from Bremen on a free transfer in July 2024 and developed into such a top performer there that exactly one year later he moved on to the island of Newcastle for a transfer fee of 75 million euros. In England, Woltemade gradually found his way around a new footballing system – and has already scored six goals in 14 games.