In the friendly against Oman, Niclas Füllkrug was the only goalscorer. He now he had to miss the first training session in Qatar. The reason: a flu infection.
Two days after arriving in Qatar, the DFB team trained for the first time in the Al-Shamal SC stadium, which will be used as a training ground during the World Cup. In temperatures around 30 degrees, 25 players were on the pitch in the morning, including the injured Thomas Müller and Antonio Rüdiger.
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Only Niclas Füllkrug had to give up the first team unit. The Werder Bremen striker has a flu infection. How long he will be out is not yet clear. “You can’t always make a clear prediction with things like that, let’s see how he’s doing right now. But I think he has enough time to get ready for match day,” said DFB managing director Oliver Bierhoff. In a conversation with team doctor Tim Meyer, “it didn’t sound that dramatic.”
After his international debut and first goal in a DFB shirt, there was speculation about Füllkrug’s starting eleven chances in the German team’s first World Cup match against Japan on Wednesday (14:00 live on ARD and on sportschau.de).
