Terstergen goes to the European League semifinals, Germany recruits two new players

Sports Weekly All Media Special Correspondent Huang Sijun

The German national team announced the 26-man roster to participate in the semi-finals of the European League on Thursday. In addition to being spoiled by various media and confirmed by German U21 coach Di Salvo a day ago, 19-year-old midfielder Bischov, who will transfer to Bayern freely from Hoffenheim this summer, was also unexpectedly on the list. Wiltz, the core of the frontcourt organization who missed two rounds of the UEFA quarter-finals against Italy in March, and the main goalkeeper Ter Stegen, who had been on the rupture of the patellar tendon for most of the season, returned, but Havertz, Musiara, Rudiger, Nico Schlottbeck, Henrix and Kleindinster, were eliminated due to injuries or just recovering from injuries.

German national team 26ers list of European League semi-finals:

Goalkeepers: Ter Stegen (Barcelona/0 goals in 42), Bowman (Hoffenheim/0 goals in 4), Nibel (Stuttgart/0 goals in 2)

Defenders: Kimich (Bayern Munich/8 goals in 99), Jonathan Ta (Leverkusen/0 goals in 35), Raum (Leipzig RB/0 goals in 27), Andrish (Leverkusen/0 goals in 18 games ), Mittelstet (Stuttgart/1 goal in 12 games), Koch (Frankfurt/10 goals in 12 games), Anton (Bortmond/0 goals in 7 games), Bissek (Inter Milan/0 goals in 1 game)

Midfielders: Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich/14 goals in 69 games), Goretzka (Bayern Munich/15 goals in 59 games), Gnabrey (Bayern Munich/22 goals in 49 games), Werz (Leverkusen/6 goals in 29 games), Gossen (Foth Lorenza/23 games), Pascal Gross (Dorthmund/14 games), Amiri (Mainz 05/7 games), Adejemi (Dorthmund/1 goal 6 games), Alexander Pavlovic (Bayern Munich/1 goal 4 games), Stile (Stuttgart/0 goals 4 games), Felix Nmesha (Dorthmund/1 goal 3 games), Bischov (Hoffenheim/first selection)

Forward: Phil Kruger (Western Han MUU/14 goals in 22 games), Windav (Stuttgart/3 goals in 5 games), Walter Mad (Stuttgart/first selection)

The Lions returned, and the three main players missed

Although the UEFA League semi-finals only played two games in less than a week, UEFA suddenly increased the number of registrations for each team from 23 to 26, so Nagelsmann also announced such a list of up to 26 players, including 3 goalkeepers and 23 outfield players. According to reports from several major German media outlets over the past few days, Terstergen, who has only returned this month and played only two games in La Liga, may not be in the list of return. Sky Sports directly included the German team in the ranks of undraft, and put them together with Rudiger, Musiara, Kleindinster and Schlottbeck, who are also troubled by injuries, as well as Brandt and Emre Jan. Instead, Havertz "had a chance" to be selected. But in the end, Havertz, the third captain who had just ended a three-month injury and returned from the bench last Sunday against Newcastle, was out of the election, but Ter Stegen, one of the team committee members, returned.

Naglesmann's decision to re-summon Terstergen immediately was somewhat surprising.

Naglesmann explained the return of Terstergen: "We have always emphasized that Mark is our number one. Of course, he has not played many games (after his comeback). We have been in good and close contact over the past few weeks, so we have a good assessment of his situation. I fully trust him. His training is first-class. I also called Flick and he said he performed very well in training and was in full shape."

Although Terstergen has only played 2 league games since his comeback, and he was in direct play against Villarreal three times at home last Sunday and scored three goals (all one-on-one shots), Naglesmann hopes to help him further regain his rhythm through the training and competitions of the national team. But Nasdaq did not disclose whether Telstegen will directly return to the goal in the European League semi-final against Portugal on June 4. This may require him to wait for him to observe the training of the "Tele Lion" at close range and discuss with the goalkeeper coach before making a decision. But since he recalled one and asked him to sit on the bench at that time, it seems that he will be slap in the face again?

Telstegen has only played 2 games since he returned from injury.

Unlike Terstergen, Nagelsmann does not want to take risks with the three main players, Havertz, Musiara and Rudiger. After playing with an injury for more than a year, Rudiger underwent a meniscus surgery on the left knee at the end of April. After the operation, he immediately listed the UEFA League as his target, but he has not resumed training with the team until now, and he may not be able to resume his game against Portugal. Nasdaq does not want to spare any cost to win the UEFA Nations League. After all, there is still a World Cup qualifier in the second half of this year, and it is also responsible for the club where the players are. After all, Rudiger and Musiara also have the task of participating in the Club World Cup.

German media disclosed that it was Bayern Sports director Ebert, who requested Nagelsmann to "keep people" to allow Musiara to stay on Sebena Street and recover better. Nassau said: "They all want to come, which is a good signal. But I decided not to choose, even if one or two of them should be able to play briefly (in the European League semi-finals). We have to consider healthy players and the entire team. We want to make sure that the three of them play completely healthy for Arsenal, Real Madrid and Bayern at the beginning of the new season, because we have a very important World Cup next year."

Bischov "jumped" and feel the atmosphere

Naglesman is cautious enough about these main players who have been injured for a long time, but he is willing to try it out with Stile, the "new injury", and choose him first. Stile was injured by opponent's striker Essend in the league against Augsburg on May 11. He cried when he was forced to leave the court, probably because he was afraid of missing the German Cup final.. In addition, Musiara was not selected, and Walter Made, who is in the No. 10 position of the U21 team's main player, is likely to be reused immediately by Nasdaq.

Bulcat has lacked highlights in his three appearances with the national team so far.

In fact, the German team obviously has a hot center to choose from, that is, Burcate, who ranks fourth in the Bundesliga scorer list with 18 goals. But surprisingly, Nasdaq gave up the Bundesliga local scorer. Mainz Sports Director Haider was "very surprised" by this, "especially after Kleintinster was injured, the German striker in the Bundesliga this season was not selected. This is a pity."

Bulkat was the captain of the last German U21 team, but missed the 2023 U21 European Youth Championship due to injury. After getting rid of injuries, the forward, who is known for his speed and impact, has just played the best season of his career, helping Mainz return to the European Championship after eight years. However, he is not suitable for playing No. 9 in the national team's tactical system. In the first leg against Italy in March, Burcate was the starting center, but was replaced by Kleintinster after halftime, who became the key to the German team's 2-1 defeat in the second half. When the German team needed to fight back in the second half of the second leg, Nasdaq did not send Burcate. Obviously, Burcate's performance could not convince Na's coach after being selected twice and three appearances.

Continue to use the three central defenders?

Bulcat lost the election, and Mainz teammate Amiri, who returned to the national team in March, was selected again, although the midfielder with superb set-piece skills was really unconvincing about Italy's performance in two rounds. Gossens, who immediately recovered after returning to Serie A this season, returned this time after missing the March roster and was listed as a "midfielder". Considering that the use of three central defenders in the second leg against Italy, and the absence of two defensive players Rudiger and Schlottbeck, plus Andrish was classified as defender and Gossens was classified as midfielder, it seems to indicate that Nagelsmann is likely to continue playing as three central defenders in the European League semi-finals. If this is true, Gossens, the left wingback who "can't play four defenders", will have a lot of use.

Gossens has always been useless in the German team's four-back system, but if he plays as a three-center-back, it will be different.

As for the central defender's candidate, Nasdaq re-sumed Anton who returned to Dortmund's state at the end of the season (but did not re-summon Jule, Emre Jane and Brandt), plus Jonadon Ta, Koch, and Bissek, who was selected for the first time and made his debut in March, there are a total of 4 full-time central defenders, plus Andrrich, who plays more than enough to play three central defenders. Bissek will postpone the registration since he represents Inter Milan in the Champions League final.

However, like the March roster, although there are enough centre-back and left-back (wingback) in the right-back (right-wing) still only Kimmich, and this time even Leverin was not selected, only Gross can play a cameo. As for the winger position, in addition to Sane and Adeyemi who was re-selected in March, Gnabry, who was in good condition at the end of the season, was also re-selected, while Bayer, who performed well under Niko Kovac, had an ankle injury and could only hope for next season.

Regarding the upcoming European League semi-finals, Nagelsmann said: "If we reach the top level, we can beat Portugal. This is our goal. But compared with the best time period in the quarter-finals against Italy, we cannot give in at all, because I think Portugal is a very strong team. We will do our best to advance to the finals of Munich." Four years ago, the German team, who played 343, defeated Portugal 4-2 in Munich, and played the best European Cup, while Gossens was the best player.