National team
DFB selection without ter Stegen and Wirtz in team training
National coach Hansi Flick (M) talks to assistant coaches Marcus Sorg (l) and Danny Röhl during training. photo
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Without goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen and Florian Wirtz, the German national soccer team has started direct preparation for the last friendly before the summer break.
Without goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen and Florian Wirtz, the German national soccer team has started direct preparation for the last friendly before the summer break.
The 31-year-old ter Stegen from FC Barcelona trained individually on the DFB campus, Wirtz (20/Bayer Leverkusen) missed team training due to a bruised thigh. On the other hand, for the first time in this international phase, Champions League winner Ilkay Gündogan, who national coach Hansi Flick had given a guarantee for the game against Colombia on Tuesday (8.45 p.m. / RTL), was there.
The DFB selection is under pressure after the 3-3 win over Ukraine last Monday and the 1-0 loss to Poland in Warsaw on Friday. “We have to fight and win,” Flick said after the game in Poland.