On Saturday evening (8:45 p.m.) the German national soccer team will play their first test match against Peru with a view to the upcoming European Championships at home in summer 2024. Who should start against the Andean Republic? Who belongs on the bench? Vote now!
Hansi Flick and the DFB team are preparing to restart. The World Cup is “done”, as the national coach repeatedly emphasized.
The 58-year-old has nominated 23 players for the upcoming task against Peru at the weekend. Flick wants to “look for alternatives and expand the squad”.
Five debutants should prove themselves. But whether Marius Wolf (Borussia Dortmund), Josha Vagnoman (VfB Stuttgart), Malick Thiaw (AC Milan), Felix Nmecha (VfL Wolfsburg) and Kevin Schade (FC Brentford) will be allowed to play against Peru in the first game is still open.
However, Flick had already emphasized that he wanted to give everyone playing time in the current international phase.
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One thing is already certain: On Saturday evening in Mainz, a maximum of three players could start, who were also on the pitch at the beginning of December 2022 in the World Cup preliminary round against Costa Rica: Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka from FC Bayern and David Raum from RB Leipzig.
Jamal Musiala, who was also on the field for the last game in Qatar and was actually nominated by Flick for the upcoming international matches, is out with a thigh injury.
Florian Wirtz (torn cruciate ligament) and Timo Werner (ruptured syndesmosis ligament), who were still injured at the World Championships, are back.
“I have to fit in here and show my performance,” said 19-year-old Wirtz on Tuesday after training. Flick’s EM hopeful is about to play his fifth international match.
Werner could also move back into the starting XI, but faces a lot of competition. Above all, Bundesliga top scorer Niclas Füllkrug from Werder Bremen should make claims after strong World Cup performances. Kai Havertz from Chelsea is also in top form.
In goal, the national coach had already decided on Marc-André ter Stegen as number one for the injured captain Manuel Neuer.