Replace: Füllkrug returns!
Nicely that was quick. After taking part in in opposition to Oman on Wednesday, coming down with the flu and lacking Saturday, Germany striker Niclas Füllkrug is already again coaching with the group on Sunday. Hope he’s absolutely recovered!
Will Germany play with a conventional quantity 9 at this yr’s Males’s World Cup, and in that case, who will that be? These are the questions going through German nationwide group coach Hansi Flick, and along with his aspect’s opener in opposition to Japan simply days away now, the subject is more and more in focus.
29-year-old Werder Bremen striker Niclas Füllkrug turned in a compelling audition tape within the second half of Germany’s preparatory pleasant in opposition to Oman final week — however he was the one participant to overlook out on the nationwide group’s first day of coaching in Qatar:
That is rotten timing, as each of Germany’s first two video games of the World Cup Group Levels happen roughly inside the week (November 23 in opposition to Japan; November 27 in opposition to Spain). However the place does that go away Germany’s alternate options?
Chelsea FC’s Kai Havertz hasn’t had an excellent season — nor the Blues — however he’s confirmed just a few occasions the sort of goal-scoring expertise he has in his locker recently for each membership and nation. Followers of Germany shall be accustomed to this end he had within the Champions League in opposition to RB Salzburg:
In the meantime, there’s 18-year-old Borussia Dortmund product Youssoufa Moukoko, who bought the beginning in opposition to Oman however was pissed off for a whole half — and Bayern Munich’s Thomas Müller, who has performed sparingly over the previous month.
Füllkrug could not have the ability to go, and certainly, will not be Flick’s first alternative in any respect. And so the intrigue continues. Havertz appears to be like an early favourite, however likes to float and is quite a bit much less 9 than Moukoko — so don’t rely the teenage starlet out for a shock begin in opposition to Japan.