It’s also a similarity and between that within the yr earlier than the EC, i.e final yr, each have been primary goalkeepers of their nationwide groups, as a result of Manuel Neuer for the Germans and Manuel Neuer for the Hungarian nationwide crew he was injured. Nonetheless, the 2 goalkeepers from Maród returned to the pitch this spring for Bayern Munich and Leipzig, and the 2 nationwide crew captains, Julian Nagelsmann and ultimately, the vote put him subsequent to them for the European Championship.
Julian Nagelsmann and Marc-André ter Stegen on the coaching of the German nationwide crew (Photograph: EPA/Ronald Wittek)
Dibusz is collaborating in his third European Championship with the Hungarian nationwide crew with out defending a single minute of the event: in 2016 he was/is behind Gábor Király, in 2021 and now Péter Gulácsi. Ter Stegen is already in his fourth World Cup with out enjoying a single minute on the pitch: he shall be on the bench on the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, in addition to on the 2016 and present Euros, on account of Neuer. (As a result of an damage, he couldn’t be within the squad for the 2021 European Championship.)
Ter Stegen is already 32 years previous, received the Champions League and the Spanish championship 5 instances for Barcelona, and has been thought of among the finest goalkeepers on the planet for years. Particularly, the 2018 World Cup could have damage him, when he defended in bomb kind, and Neuer was injured earlier than the event, however the nationwide crew captain on the time, Joachim Löw, nonetheless voted for the Bayern star.
Will Nagelsmann spare Ter Stegen in opposition to Switzerland?
In Germany, there may be now a debate about whether or not Nagelsmann ought to give Ter Stegen an opportunity within the final group sport in opposition to Switzerland, which is already a no brainer for the Germans as they’ve undoubtedly superior to the spherical of 16, though they might not be group leaders within the occasion of a defeat. Nonetheless, this might hardly depend upon a change of goalkeeper.