Sinsheim (dpa) – Hansi Flick made the next two junior European champions football national players in the test match against Israel.
Nico Schlotterbeck (22) from Freiburg and Anton Stach (23) from Mainz, who came on as a substitute in the 2-0 win against Israel in Sinsheim, are the fifth and sixth newcomers in Flick’s tenure as national coach. And all six debutants are 2021 U21 champions.
Schlotterbeck had already been invited by Flick several times in the second half of 2021 and, as announced, was now on his first assignment in the senior team.
Stach was also happy and was allowed to play 27 minutes straight away. “It’s a good feeling that I’m here for the first time and that I came straight in,” he said “very proud and grateful” after the debut. His rise from a regional league player to a Bundesliga promotion with Greuther Fürth and a national player in Mainz is remarkable: “It all happened very quickly for me.”
The six newcomers under national coach Flick at a glance:
| date | player | Association | game against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02.09.2021 | Florian Wirtz | Bayer Leverkusen | 2-0 Liechtenstein (A) |
| 05.09.2021 | David Raum | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 6-0 Armenia (h) |
| 05.09.2021 | Karim Adeyemi | RB Salzburg | 6-0 Armenia (h) |
| 11/11/2021 | Luke Nmecha | VfL Wolfsburg | 9: 0 Liechtenstein (h) |
| 03/26/2022 | Nico Schlotterbeck | Sc freiburg | 2-0 Israel (W) |
| 03/26/2022 | Anton Stach | FSV Mainz 05 | 2-0 Israel (W) |
H = home game, A = away game