Nagelsmann announces: DFB goalkeeper rotation will end in March

Wirtz ready for action

The goalkeeper rotation in the German national team will end next year. As national coach Julian Nagelsmann announced, there will be a permanent representative of injured number one Marc-André ter Stegen between the DFB posts in the Nations League quarter-finals in March. In the meantime, he wants to make a decision. Ter Stegen will not return to the national team until next summer at the earliest after his knee injury.

In his absence, Oliver Baumann will be in goal on Saturday against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Friborg (8:45 p.m./RTL) and Alexander Nübel is due to play his second international match in Hungary on Tuesday (8:45 p.m./ZDF).

DFB: Wirtz ready for the Nations League

Nagelsmann can also count on Florian Wirtz in the last international home match of the year. The offensive player recovered from his infection to the point where he was able to play against Bosnia and Herzegovina. “From today he will be able to play. We don’t know if it will be enough for 90 minutes, » Nagelsmann said before the final training session at the Europa Park stadium.

Wirtz had a stomach ache. The Leverkusen player therefore only started collective training on Thursday. According to Nagelsmann, all 21 available players on his squad are ready for action. Only Nico Schlotterbeck is absent due to a yellow card. As announced, the national coach wishes to rest certain players and perhaps only use them temporarily. He did not mention any names. With a victory against the Bosnians, the national team would win the Nations League group.