Hansi Flick announces squad for the Nations League

Created: 05/19/2022, 14:51

By: Michael Haug

Hansi Flick in his team's 1-1 draw against the Netherlands in Amsterdam.

© IMAGO/Laci Perenyi

Hansi Flick has announced the DFB squad for the upcoming Nations League games.

Germany meets Italy, England and Hungary.

Berlin - National coach Hansi Flick has nominated 26 players for the games in the UEFA Nations League.

The DFB selection meets Italy in Bologna (June 4), England in Munich (June 7), Hungary in Budapest (June 11) and Italy again in Mönchengladbach (June 14).

Six months before the World Cup emergency, Hansi Flick sends clear signals to his World Cup candidates - including the first cases of hardship.

Qatar has come full circle, the fight for the regular places is intensified.

After long-retired veterans like Dortmund's Mats Hummels and Emre Can, other last year's European Championship candidates are being sidelined by the national coach.

DFB squad for the Nations League: Some prominent names are missing

No Matthias Ginter, no Robin Gosens, no Florian Neuhaus and no Freiburg Cup finalist Christian Günter are Flick's messages to the squad for the upcoming DFB course with four Nations League games at the end of a long season for the national soccer team.

"I don't know if these are hardship cases.

Everyone I had to turn down would have liked to have been there.

I always try to be transparent,” said the 57-year-old Flick on Thursday when announcing the 26-player squad for the short training camp with family connections in Marbella, Spain (May 23-27) and the challenging games in the Nations League in June against top teams like Italy and England.

"I also have to say very clearly: This is not a definitive squad for the World Cup.

The door is open.

We still have four months in which everyone can stage themselves again," said Flick.

But he also said: "The squad that is there now is the measure of all things from the tribe." That was a clear indication to all those who were not nominated: "We are very happy with the quality that we have in the squad."

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Flick's World Cup focus is on established forces and those returning from the international matches in March, such as Munich's Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry, Dortmund's Marco Reus and his future teammates Niklas Süle and Karim Adeyemi, as well as Jonas Hofmann from Gladbach, who is also fit again .

Defender Lukas Klostermann, who is in the DFB Cup final with RB Leipzig on Saturday, which Flick will watch live in Berlin, is also back.

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Defender Ginter didn't have a good season in Gladbach, neither did Neuhaus.

In the end you were only a supplementary member of the national team.

EM discovery Gosens hardly gets a chance after a long injury and the move to Inter Milan in Italy.

What is surprising is that Freiburg's regular Günter is also out as a second left-back.

Hoffenheim's David Raum is clearly the first choice.

ter Stegen Germany is missing in the Nations League

For the goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen (FC Barcelona), who is taking a break as agreed in the summer, Hoffenheim’s Oliver Baumann (31) is the third keeper alongside captain Manuel Neuer and the Frankfurt Europa League winner Kevin Trapp.

Flick gave the 31-year-old Trapp hopes of playing time in the DFB team.

He attested to the Frankfurter's outstanding performance in the final on Wednesday evening in Seville against Glasgow Rangers.

“Kevin is in outstanding form.

He's made the right development over the last few months.

We register that,” said Flick.

Trapp was never as good as now.

In the training camp on the Costa del Sol, training should take place in the morning.

In the afternoon, the players can "relax" with women and children or teammates in the luxury resort, as Flick announced.

Well-known opponents for Germany: Against England and Italy in the Nations League

After a free weekend after returning from Spain, the DFB selection will meet again in Herzogenaurach on May 30th to prepare for the Nations League games in Bologna against Italy (June 4th) at the "Home Ground" of outfitter Adidas. , in Munich against England (June 7), in Budapest against Hungary (June 11) and in Mönchengladbach again against Italy (June 14).

"These games are a great opportunity for us to show how far we've come," said Flick, looking ahead to the World Cup finals in Qatar, which begin on November 21.

According to Flick, a short stay in Dubai with a test match is planned before the arrival in the desert state scheduled for November 17 and moving into the “Zulal Wellness Resort”.