Germany national football team training under Jürgen Klopp, Digi Mart USA News: Head coach Jürgen Klopp has opened preparations for Germany’s final away match of the Nations League group stage with a double training session on the pitch. Twenty-three players took part before Friday’s game in Belgrade, at 8:45 p.m.
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Only Cologne’s Said El Mala was missing from the pitch. The DFB cited workload management as the reason.
The 20-year-old forward trained individually in the fitness area next to the training ground.
Klopp held the morning session behind closed doors. In the afternoon, the warm-up at the Adidas home ground was open to media.
The coach wants to build on what the team achieved in the last camp, with returnee Niclas Füllkrug and 17-year-old Gladbach newcomer Wael Mohya in the squad.
Players who featured in Klopp’s first internationals, such as Freiburg winger Derry Scherhant, are therefore likely to be among the first candidates for the starting lineup. Before the morning session, Scherhant was serenaded with a birthday song on his 24th birthday.
Klopp had already confirmed at the squad announcement that Marc-André ter Stegen will be in goal. “Marc goes into these games as the number one,” Klopp said, also looking ahead to the final group match next Monday in Berlin against the Netherlands.
The home match is set to be a genuine final for a place in the quarterfinals from Group B. Before the last two matchdays, Germany sit third with five points, behind leader Netherlands and Greece, who have eight points each.
