3 tests in June
Goal scoring in the 1,000. In the national coach’s plans, an international match becomes a case for two. After the botched World Cup, Hansi Flick increasingly relies on a double lead on the offensive. And that’s in training before the anniversary game on Monday (from 6 p.m. in the TM live ticker) in Bremen against the Ukraine Werders local hero Niclas Füllkrug and the Chelsea star Kai Havertz, who is currently being courted internationally. A duo that DFB sports director Rudi Völler has a lot of confidence in.
The 27-man squad of the DFB for the international matches in June
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Havertz can “play four or five positions at a world-class level up front,” Völler enthused about the player, who became a professional during his time as a manager at Bayer Leverkusen. And the former world-class attacker said about Füllkrug: “Niclas is someone who can score goals, so there’s a lot to be said for him.” Six goals in six international matches is the impressive quota for fan favorite Füllkrug, who is already 30, but as a national player a latecomer.
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Füllkrug embodies the type of classic nine, “which hardly exists anywhere in the world,” as Völler regrets. Flick has to improvise and find flexible solutions for the 2024 home European Championship. Meanwhile, Völler strengthens Füllkrug: “We’re happy to have the best goalscorer in the Bundesliga in our ranks.” Christopher Nkunku to win the Bundesliga top scorer.
Füllkrug with his power and final strength and Havertz with his fine technique and also a pronounced goal instinct could work as a double top. Another thing they have in common is that their future in Bremen or at Chelsea FC is uncertain despite ongoing contracts until 2025 – especially with Havertz. Chelsea failed to qualify for the Champions League in the Premier League and will not play internationally in the coming European Championship season.
Havertz fan Völler is also curious to see “how Kai’s future path will be”. Havertz was last traded as a candidate at Real Madrid. On Sunday, one day before his 35th international match, he will be 24 years old. The offensive player is now “no longer part of the very young generation, but he is a seasoned national player,” Völler commented on Havertz’s current DFB status: “One who is almost never allowed to fail when we have important international matches.”
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Völler literally goes into raptures: “He’s not just an outstanding number 10, that’s how we made him big in Leverkusen. He can also come from the outside and play on the eight. And due to a lack of big center forwards worldwide, he is also a sought-after nine at the moment.
Eintracht Frankfurt’s Trapp at 1,000. DFB international match in goal
Kevin Trapp is meanwhile in the 1,000. DFB international match in goal of the national team. Flick has already promised the 32-year-old Eintracht Frankfurt goalkeeper his seventh appearance. “The national coach told me that I could play. I’m happy to be able to show myself,” said Trapp on Saturday after training on the Frankfurt DFB campus. He assumes that he will be in goal for 90 minutes. For him, too, it will be “a special day” at the Weser Stadium because of the anniversary game.
World Cup participant Trapp was last in goal almost 15 months ago in a friendly against Israel in Sinsheim. At 2-0 he saved a penalty. Marc-André ter Stegen played in the first international matches of the year against Peru (2-0) and Belgium (2-3) in March. The 31-year-old from FC Barcelona is currently number one in the DFB team after the long-term absence of captain Manuel Neuer. “The situation and the roles are clear, they are also clearly communicated,” said Trapp about the ranking of the goalkeepers determined by Flick.
He now wants to “prove” himself against Ukraine, as Trapp announced. In the next two European Championship tests next Friday in Warsaw against Poland and four days later in Gelsenkirchen against Colombia, Ter Stegen should be in goal again. The third keeper in the current DFB squad is Bernd Leno from FC Fulham.
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