Who will be number one?
World champion sees goalkeeper problems at the DFB
14.03.2025 – 07:50 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Julian Nagelsmann has to make a decision about number one in the goal of the national team. A world champion sees big problems in the DFB goal.
It has been a year ago that Julian Nagelsmann Manuel Neuer declared the number one of the national team for the home European Championship-and thus decided against Marc-André Ter Stegen. Now the national coach is faced with a similar decision: he has to determine who is guarding the German goal in the National League games against Italy, if only temporarily.
World champion Roman Weidenfeller sees a big goalkeeper problem at the DFB. The ex-BVB goalkeeper at “Sky”: “The background is that Marc-André Ter Stegen is still injured and is not on the pitch. Everyone also needs their time to restore and feel good. He is our number one today. But since he is injured, Alexander Nübel will wear number one on his back and then it will be exciting.”
Oliver Baum was “an experienced goalkeeper” and Stefan Ortega is now invited again, but I haven’t played at Manchester City for the past few weeks. That makes the whole thing all the more difficult.
“Behind it you have a lot of young goalkeepers. Finn Dahmen near Augsburg, Moritz Nicolas in Gladbach, Jonas Urbig at Bayern, Noah Atubolu from Freiburg, who also gives a good figure. You have many who are at a certain level of performance, but you have none where you say if Alexander Nübel fails, that’s the next one who has to go into the goal. ‘ You actually have to fall back on an experienced goalkeeper, such as Oliver Baumann or Stefan Ortega, “said Weidenfeller.