Fresh faces should bring the national team back into shape under new coach Julian Nagelsmann. Stuttgart’s Chris Führich talks about his form and his expectations.
With five assists and two goals in seven games, Chris Führich is currently one of the strongest players in form and definitely one of the best preparers in the entire Bundesliga. The new national coach Julian Nagelsmann has now invited him to the national team’s trip to the USA – well-deserved reward for the offensive player, who is currently causing a sensation with VfB Stuttgart.
After training on Wednesday (October 11th, 2023), Führich said to the sports show: “A year ago I wouldn’t have believed I would be here, it all happened very, very quickly. I’m just incredibly grateful to be here, there’s nothing greater than playing for your country.”
“My goal was scorer points”
He describes what makes him so strong at the moment: “I’m working a lot to get better and to reach the next level. My goal before the season was to collect scorer points, with the team and the new coach it’s working very well. Now I just want to take as much with me as I can , I want to enjoy everything and give everything.”
For the test match on Saturday (9 p.m. CEST/live ticker at sportschau.de) in Hartford/Connecticut The squad against the USA is now complete, and Arsenal star Kai Havertz has also joined the DFB team after his dental operation. It is still unclear whether Havertz will be on the pitch on Saturday or Tuesday in Philadelphia against Mexico (from 1.45 a.m. CEST, live on Erste and in the live stream at sportschau.de as well as in the live ticker).
National player Kevin Behrens
Andrich and Behrens are hoping for a debut
Like Führich, Union center forward Kevin Behrens and Leverkusen’s midfielder are also hoping to make their debut for Germany. Behrens was instrumental in ensuring that the Iron Men qualified for the Champions League last season. In the current season, despite the Unioner’s crisis in results, he has already scored four goals this season.
Andrich recently lost his regular place at top team Bayer Leverkusen because Granit Xhaka and Exequiel Palacios are in great form. However, Nagelsmann is convinced of Andrich and relies on his robustness and duel strength in the six position.