Most recently at the 2021 European Championship
Karim Adeyemi is back in the U21 national team. The Dortmund player, who last played for the German Football Association’s youth team when they won the European Championship title in 2021, was nominated for the European Championship qualification by coach Antonio Di Salvo. The U21s will face Bulgaria on October 13th in Sofia. Four days later the game against Israel takes place in Petah Tikva.
The 21-year-old Adeyemi, who was not convincing at BVB recently, can recommend himself for higher tasks with the U21. He has already appeared four times for the senior national team. “In close coordination with Julian Nagelsmann and BVB, we decided to nominate Karim for the U21,” said Di Salvo, according to a statement on Friday. “Karim didn’t hesitate for a second and immediately saw the opportunity to not only gain match practice and self-confidence with us, but also to take on responsibility and move forward.”
Di Salvo emphasized the “common goal” that “he contributes to the success of the U21 with good performances and thus plays an important role again at Borussia Dortmund and in the senior national team as quickly as possible.” In Noah Atubolu (SC Freiburg), Márton Dárdai (Hertha BSC) and Luca Netz (Borussia Mönchengladbach) are three players returning to the squad who took part in the U21 European Championships in Romania and Georgia in the summer.
Adeyemi, Atubolu & Co.: The DFB U21 squad for the October games
New to the team are Julian Eitschberger (Hallescher FC) and Leandro Morgalla (RB Salzburg). For injury-related reasons, Di Salvo has to do without Linus Gechter (Hertha BSC), Eric Martel, Jan Thielmann (both 1. FC Köln) and Nelson Weiper (1. FSV Mainz 05), as well as Nicolò Tresoldi (Hannover 96, lack of training after illness ).
In September, the German U21 team started their European Championship qualification with a 3-0 win against Kosovo. The nine group winners and the three best runners-up will qualify for the final round, which will take place in Slovakia in 2025. The six remaining group runners-up will compete in playoffs to determine the final three participants.
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