It is not only in France that a great player is making his return to the selection. As the daily
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this week, Thomas Müller is on the list of 26 German players called up by Joachim Löw for Euro 2020. The 31-year-old Bayern Munich attacking midfielder has no longer played with the Mannschaft since November 19, 2018 against the Netherlands (2-2). Löw thought to start a “new cycle” by ousting some executives and winners of the 2014 World Cup. He had watered his wine last December, saying he was ready to recall the old ones “for the good of the team”. It is done with Müller but also the central defender Mats Hummels (32), holder of Borussia Dortmund.
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EURO 2020 Squad:
GK: Neuer, Leno, Trapp
DEF: Ginter, Gosens, Günter, Halstenberg, Hummels, Klostermann, Koch, Rüdiger, Süle
MID: Can, Goretzka, Gündogan, Hofmann, Kimmich, Kroos, Neuhaus, Musiala
ATT: Gnabry , Havertz, Müller, Sané, Volland, Werner
- Get German Football News (@GGFN_) May 19, 2021
Germany-France, a "knockout" match
In Joachim Löw's list, we also find AS Monaco striker Kevin Volland. “We saw what he did in France this season. With his physical strength, he can certainly enrich the team, ”said Löw of the Monegasque, author of 16 goals and 7 assists in Ligue 1 this season. The former PSG goalkeeper and today in Frankfurt, Kevin Trapp, benefits from the package of Barcelona's Marc-André Ter Stegen, injured in his right knee. Marco Reus, on the other hand, will not be celebrating at the Euro. "I made the decision to give my body time to recover," announced the Dortmund attacking midfielder (31) via social networks. His last seasons have been marked by numerous injuries, and he has not played for Germany since October 2019.
Germany were drawn in Group F for the Euro along with France, Portugal and Hungary.
The Mannschaft will host the Blues on June 15 (9 p.m.) at the Allianz Arena in Munich to start their European Championship.
"For us, each match will be considered knockout, especially the first against France," warned Joachim Löw, coach since 2006 and who has already announced leaving the German bench at the end of the competition.
The Euro will take place across the continent from June 11 to July 11.
It will start with a match at the Olympic Stadium in Rome between Italy and Turkey.
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