Despite the many absences, the junior national player Ansgar Knauff, who is loaned to Eintracht Frankfurt by BVB, believes that the U21s will do well in the upcoming European Championship qualifiers.
The atmosphere in the team is still “good,” said the 20-year-old before the game against Latvia on Friday (6:15 p.m. / ProSieben MAXX) in Aachen: “I think we can definitely be successful with the team .”
Armel Bella Kotchap, Patrick Osterhage (both VfL Bochum) and goalkeeper Luca Philipp (TSG Hoffenheim) had tested positive for Corona, plus the injury-related absences of Malick Thiaw (Schalke 04) and Reda Khadra (Blackburn Rovers).
Meanwhile, Knauff sees his current sporting development in the club as positive, which makes “you want more”.
In January he was loaned from Borussia Dortmund to Eintracht Frankfurt. “I’m in a good mood,” said Knauff: “It’s going really well” and “as we imagined”.
On Tuesday next week, the U21s meet the Israeli national team (5:00 p.m./ProSieben MAXX), in front of which the DFB selection leads qualifying group B with the same number of points.