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Max Kruse (left) scored eleven times for Union Berlin in the past Bundesliga season
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With Max Kruse, Nadiem Amiri and Maximilian Arnold at the helm, coach Stefan Kuntz's German soccer team is going to the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The DFB coach also nominated seven players on Monday who had surprisingly become U21 European champions just a month ago.
"With the nomination of the squad, the anticipation for the Olympic Games, which was already huge, increases immeasurably," says Kuntz: "It will be a very special experience for the 19 boys and the entire team, being part of Team Germany in Tokyo be."
Kuntz was allowed to nominate three players who were born before 1997.
The biggest surprise is Kruse, who has not worn the DFB jersey since 2015.
The current professional from Union Berlin was removed from the squad by national coach Löw because of indiscipline.
Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen) and Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) won the U21 European Championship title under Kuntz in 2017.
But Kuntz also criticized some clubs.
»The willingness to support the Olympic team varied in the Bundesliga.
Unfortunately, some big clubs didn't want to help as hoped, ”he said.
The DFB team will meet on July 12th, and one day later they will head to Japan.
After a test against Honduras on July 17th, the game against Brazil will be serious on July 22nd in Yokohama.
The other opponents in the preliminary round are Saudi Arabia and Ivory Coast.
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