Marco Reus is not part of the European Football Championship.
The BVB captain voluntarily renounces the tournament.
This is now meeting with criticism.
Cologne - On Tuesday (July 15), the German national soccer team * will start the European Championship 2021 *.
At 9 p.m., the DFB-Elf receives world champions France *.
Long-time national player Marco Reus will definitely not be part of the party.
The Dortmund professional does not participate in the tournament * for health reasons.
He is now receiving criticism for this decision.
EM 2021: Cologne coach Baumgart criticizes Reus - "he prefers to go on vacation"
The new Cologne Bundesliga coach Steffen Baumgart expressed himself irritated about the cancellation of the BVB captain.
“I can't understand Marco Reus' waiver.
The boy is in great shape, this European Championship is very likely the last chance for him to win a big title - and he prefers to take a vacation.
I find this decision very special, ”said the new head coach of 1. FC Köln to the
Westfalen-Blatt
.
Baumgart comments on the EM events for the East Westphalian newspaper.
A good counterexample is Toni Kroos *.
“The boy has already won everything and is struggling to get fit in time after his corona infection.
When I was active, I could have been driven to the tournament in a wheelchair, I would have been so hot.
But unfortunately the quality wasn't enough, ”said the 49-year-old coach, who wants Germany and England in the final.
"That would be my dream finale."
EM 2021: Reus renounces EM - and thus misses the third major tournament
Reus had justified his waiver with the consequences of an exhausting season. "After a very intense year for me personally and achieving my goals at BVB, I made the decision to give my body time to recover," said the offensive player in mid-May. Löw then renounced the 32-year-old and instead relies on Kai Havertz, Serge Gnabry *, Jonas Hofmann, Jamal Musiala *, Florian Neuhaus *, Leroy Sané * and Thomas Müller *.
Reus can act as an attacking midfielder as well as a hanging tip and winger. Born in Dortmund, he has 44 international matches (13 goals). Two of them come from the 2012 European Championship, the injury-prone offensive player missed the 2016 European Championship due to a pubic bone inflammation as well as the 2014 World Championship (ruptured syndesmosis ligament). At the 2018 World Cup, he was on the field in all three preliminary round games.
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