{"id":35694,"date":"2026-06-07T04:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/germany-wins-world-cup-without-karl-in-final-preparations\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T04:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:45:26","slug":"germany-wins-world-cup-without-karl-in-final-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/germany-wins-world-cup-without-karl-in-final-preparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany wins World Cup without Karl in final preparations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Germany has injury concerns heading into game. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">world cup<\/span>. They are also on a nine-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>Germany played without Lennart Karl on Saturday, a day after the 18-year-old midfielder injured his thigh in training. However, Leroy Sane and Kai Havertz scored and Germany, ranked 10th, defeated the USA. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">2-1<\/span> At Soldier Field.<\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s next match is their World Cup opener against Curacao on June 14th. In Group E, matches are also scheduled against Ivory Coast on June 20th and Ecuador on June 25th.<\/p>\n<p>Karl was excluded from participating in the tournament. He had just joined the club after a breakthrough season with Bayern Munich. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Champions League youngest goalscorer<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really tough. &#8230; I had a good relationship with Lenny. He&#8217;s a great guy and a very young player,&#8221; Germany defender David Raum said after the win over the United States. &#8220;But yeah, we shared a lot of great moments together in this short amount of time. He plays on the right wing, so we always played against him in practice. So, we lost a good person and a great player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Karl wrote on Instagram that missing the World Cup was &#8220;harder than words can describe.&#8221; &#8220;Unfortunately, injuries often occur at the most inopportune times,&#8221; he posted.<\/p>\n<p>Karl was replaced by midfielder Assan Ouedraogo, who plays alongside Raum at Leipzig in the Bundesliga. Ouedraogo made one appearance for Germany, scoring in a 6-0 win over Slovakia in November.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, we are very happy to have him here. He will help us a lot as well,&#8221; Raum said.<\/p>\n<p>Manuel Neuer is recovering from a calf muscle problem and goalkeeper Oliver Baumann started against the USA. <\/p>\n<p>Neuer, 40, will be heading into the World Cup having not played for Germany for almost two years. He retired from the national team after the 2024 European Championships, but agreed to a recall last month.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP World Cup coverage: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/fifa-world-cup<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/germany-world-cup-karl-e7160ba3e7f31d0bf9a3d2246a79f22d\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Germany has injury concerns heading into game. world cup. They are also on a nine-game winning streak. Germany played without Lennart Karl on Saturday, a day after the 18-year-old midfielder injured his thigh in training. 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