Try German national team To rise again after the setback that befell him in the World Cup in Qatar, according to what was announced Striker Niklas Volkrug said on Wednesday that his country’s national team is working on integrating newcomers and is looking forward to appearing with a different face before European Football Championship 2024 foot on the ground.
Germany hosts Peru on Saturday Before They face Belgium on March 28March in two international friendlies this month.
The German national team, which was knocked out of the World Cup for the second time in a row from the group stage in Qatar in December 2022, is seeking to He laid the foundations for a successful home tournament in 2024.
Germany coach Hans Flick summoned five new faces, namely Kevin Schade of Brentford, Josha Vajnoman of Stuttgart, Mirgem Berisha of Augsburg, Felix Micha of Wolfsburg and Marius Wolf of Borussia Dortmund. While the veteran Thomas Mueller was excluded.
“We are at a stage where we now need to develop as a team and I want to be part of this mission,” said Volkrug, who made his debut with the German national team in November 2022, days before the World Cup in Qatar..
“In the first training sessions this week it was all about integrating the new players. The coaches analyzed things well and revealed to the players what went wrong in the World Cup. We discussed a lot of things and we hope to fix things in the next two games.”.
Germany, which has won the World Cup four times and the European Championship three times, has been eliminated early from its last three tournaments, including the European Championship 2020, which was held in 2021, when it lost to England in the round of sixteen..
As the host country for the 2024 edition, Germany does not need to qualify for the tournament, but it wants to prepare a strong team within the next 15 months to compete again on the international stage..
Volkrug said:We have to get our level back quickly and agree on the starting lineup. We need balance, but I am confident that our mission will succeed in the end. We want to start well. We want to win“.
Ozil retires
announce Masoud Ozil Midfielder for Germany’s World Cup winning team 2014 Wed retiring from football at the age of 34.
The former Real Madrid and Arsenal player shone with the winning Germany national team World Cup in Brazil 2014.
He retired from international football in 2018 amid political controversy in Germany over the flow of football Immigrants after angry reactions to a photo taken with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, saying he faced “racism and disrespect” because of his roots Turkish.
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