For Nations League
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National coach Julian Nagelsmann will nominate the DFB squad for the first win of the Nations League on May 22nd on May 22nd and thus a few days after the last Bundesliga matchday. This was announced by the German Football Association. The DFB selection at the Final Four tournament will initially meet in the semi-finals on Wednesday, June 4 (9 p.m.) in Munich in Portugal around Icon Cristiano Ronaldo.
The second semi-finals contest a day later in Stuttgart European champion Spain and the World Cup second in France. The final will take place on Sunday, June 8th (9pm), the game for third place on the same day in Stuttgart.
Question marks behind some top players at the DFB
In Nagelsmann’s line-up, prominent returnees such as goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen (FC Barcelona) or striker Niclas Füllkrug (West Ham United) could appear at the end of the season. After lengthy injuries, both actors are fit again and back in the game. Her last caps played stem keeper Ter Stegen and attacker Füllkrug last September.
However, there are also big question marks for top players such as Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Kai Havertz (FC Arsenal) and Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid). The 32 -year -old defense chief has just been operated on the left knee, but wants to fight for participation. Musiala last said that his goal was the club World Cup with FC Bayern. This Wednesday, the 22-year-old got back into running training. Havertz has been missing with a thigh injury since mid -February. The long -term injured Dortmund Nico Schlotterbeck will be quite certain.
Nagelsmann will gather the national players on May 30th in the Home Ground of Adidas in Herzogenaurach. The DFB-Tross also lived and trained there during last year’s home European Championship. The national coach will start the Nation’s League finals with great ambition, especially with a view to the World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico. “It is about the self -image: a title would do us good. We look forward to the tournament in our own country,” said the national coach after the quarterfinal success against Italy in March.