Werder Bremen striker and World Cup participant Niclas Füllkrug is looking forward to defenders Antonio Rüdiger of Real Madrid and Christian Günter of SC Freiburg in the German national football team.
“I know ‘Toni’ Rüdiger from the national team before. I know Christian Günter from before. He will certainly be very relaxed,” said the 29-year-old Hanseatic League top scorer after the 1: 2 (0: 1 ) draw in the Bundesliga against RB Leipzig.
Two days earlier, Füllkrug had been called up to Germany’s DFB squad for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar. As a newcomer to the senior national team, the Hannover born and former junior select player is relaxed about the upcoming period with his many new colleagues.
“I’m totally relaxed about it. I think the team is very healthy anyway and there won’t be any problems there,” added Füllkrug.
Despite his upcoming World Cup assignment, he had no short-term injury fears ahead of the game against Leipzig. “I didn’t even think about it. I tried to focus on my performance and approach each duel as if nothing was happening,” he said after the match. “I think it’s for the best then. This will avoid most injuries if you go in the right direction and aren’t afraid of something like that.”
