National coach Julian Nagelsmann delivered bad news one day before the German national soccer team’s game against Turkey in Berlin (Saturday, 8:45 p.m.).
“Marc-André ter Stegen will miss both games. He has serious back problems and is flying back to Barcelona to get treatment there,” said the national coach. This means that the keeper will not only be missing on Saturday against the Turkish team, but also on Tuesday in the game in Vienna against Austria.
When asked by the media whether Manuel Neuer should be nominated by FC Bayern, Nagelsmann said that it made no sense to bring the FCB keeper into the team. The non-nomination was a sensible and equally coordinated measure.
“He is welcome to continue playing well for Bayern and deliver top performances,” said the national coach. “Then he is warmly invited in the future. This applies to all players who perform well.” Neuer will most likely rejoin the national team for the international matches in March.
Nagelsmann only found out the bitter news that ter Stegen – the current number one – was out in the afternoon.
“We didn’t expect the short notice of the loss, we were surprised. After training we will make a decision about who will play on Saturday.” The final training takes place in the evening in the Olympic Stadium.
Who will be in the DFB goal against Türkiye?
After the loss of ter Stegen, which means that the DFB squad is now reduced to 25 players after previous cancellations, Nagelsmann still has Kevin Trapp from Eintracht Frankfurt, Oliver Baumann from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Janis Blaswich from RB Leipzig for the goalkeeper position Disposal.
According to reports, Trapp, who is having another strong season with the SGE, should have the best chance of being deployed. With 77.8 percent of saved shots on goal, the goalkeeper is even the league leader.