Short course in front of Italy duels
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National coach Julian Nagelsmann very much regrets the failure of international Florian Wirtz (21). Since the offensive star of Bayer Leverkusen took a “considerable development” in many areas, the injury is “all the more annoying,” said Nagelsmann in the interview of the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”. After all, he is currently missing Kai Havertz (25) from Arsenal, who fails for the rest of the season.
He sees Wirtz in a “very good process”, stated Nagelsmann. “He becomes more dangerous, a little more selfish in certain situations. Last year it was sometimes too team -related to me. In his position in particular, we need this: players who radiate a good risk of gate who have degrees themselves. We need players who reliably score goals. “
National League bang against Italy: No major squad changes
In the Bundesliga game against Werder Bremen (0: 2), Wirtz contracted an inner ligament injury in the right ankle on Saturday and for the time being. He lacks the Leverkuseners, among other things, in the round of 16 of the Champions League against FC Bayern Munich this Tuesday (9 p.m./Amazon Prime), the German national team in the National League games against Italy. On Thursday, the contingent for the quarter-final crackers will be announced in Milan on March 20 and three days later in Dortmund.
The failure of Havertz, which a thigh injury puts out of action, hurt just as much, said Nagelsmann. “Kai is a player who can score six or seven goals at a World Cup if he has his rhythm.”
The coach will not make many changes in his squad for the first caps of the year. “This is the shortest course we have, we can’t change much,” said Nagelsmann. “We can train the plan against the Italians in two units, 20 minutes each.”