FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — bayern munich teenager Lennart Karl was given his first call-up to the German national team ahead of Thursday’s match. world cup For his eye-catching Champions League goal. Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger has been recalled.
The call-up came a day after 18-year-old Karl scored one goal for Bayern against Atalanta and scored another. With this, Karl scored 4 goals and 2 assists in the first 7 games of the Champions League. he became a Bayern player youngest goal scorer He participated in the tournament in his first starting role in October.
Karl’s Bayern team-mate Jonas Ulbig is also set to make his international debut, and is in goal while Manuel Neuer suffers a calf injury. Arbig recovered from concussion He played in Bayern’s 10-2 aggregate win over Atalanta in the second leg on Wednesday to avoid an injury crisis.
Rudiger returned to coach Julian Nagelsmann’s side for the first time since September after a hamstring injury forced him to miss much of the first half of the season, including Germany’s final four World Cup qualifying matches.
Stuttgart striker Deniz Undav returns after scoring in his last five Bundesliga games. Unduff scored 16 goals, making him the second-highest scorer in the German league behind Bayern’s Harry Kane.
Germany will play a friendly away to Switzerland on March 27th, followed by a friendly against Ghana in Stuttgart three days later.
Four-time men’s champions Germany are in a World Cup group with Curacao, Ivory Coast and Ecuador.
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