<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Huang Sijun</h1>
Another international competition week is just around the corner, and Germany boss Flick today unveiled his second squad in office. Since this month only needs to deal with 2 World Preliminary Rounds (home to Romania on the 8th, away to North Macedonia on the 11th), instead of 3 games a week, Flick only selected 3 goalkeepers and 20 outfielders, reducing the number of outfield players by 3. Compared to the "debut list" a month ago, this new list is nothing new, there are no newcomers, and Adeyami, Raum and Niko Słotebek, who were selected for the first time last month, continue to be selected. The change was only the return of Ter Stegen and Gentel from injury, gundogan, Dahoud and Gossens were unable to be selected due to injury, plus Trapp and Riddler Baku were defeated.
"We need 100% Hummels"
In fact, a day ago, the "Kicker" website had already put forward several key spoilers on this list, including the return of Ter Stegen and hummels still not being selected. Ter Stegen missed this summer's European Championship due to knee surgery and did not return until the end of August, thus losing Flick's first big list. Now that he has made a successful comeback and played in barcelona, it is natural for Flick to recall the number two international immediately.
The only question is, with Ter Stegen returning, who will lose the "tie for the three" Leno and Trapp? Leno was recently pushed off the bench by Ramsdale at Arsenal and has not played in three consecutive league rounds. Arsenal lost three consecutive goals in Leno, conceding nine goals in a row, and three in a row at Ramsdale, conceding just one goal. At last Sunday's North London derby, Flick and his assistant Ler watched the game at the Emirates Stadium and ended up looking lonely.
Despite Barcelona's recent difficulties, Ter Stegen has successfully returned to the national team.
Despite this, Leno was not immediately abandoned by Flick, and it was Trapp who ultimately lost. After all, last month, in the case of Neuer's injury, Flick also chose Leno to play in the 2-0 away win over Liechtenstein. It can be seen that in the eyes of Flick and the new goalkeeper coach Kronenberg, Leno's seat is at least for the time being before Trapp. But if Leno is still on the bench at Arsenal a month later, Trapp, who has played a full game in Frankfurt, is entirely likely to achieve a comeback. With Arsenal not having European assignments this season, Leno may have to practice in the League Cup and FA Cup.
Another returning standing player is Ginter, who lost last month to the coronavirus. However, another defensive big man, Hummels, has not been re-selected, why? Flick explains: "We all know how strong Matz (Hummels's name) is when he's in 100 per cent form. I spoke to Matts on the phone and we both decided he was going to use his training time without a game to take the next step. We need a 100% hummels. ”
Against Sporting Lisbon, the Dortmund defence led by Hummels finally completed a clean sheet.
Hummels was stopped twice at the start of the season with a knee patellar tendon injury and did not finish his first start of the season until the first round of the Champions League group stage away to Besiktas on 15 September. It wasn't until these two games against Borussia Monchengladbach and Sporting Lisbon over the past week that the 32-year-old Dortmund defensive leader was finally able to play the full game. His athletic and fitness really still needs to be improved, and it is not advisable to rush it, after all, the next 2 World Preliminaries are not a life-and-death battle, and Rudiger, Jules and Güinter can handle it, especially considering that the center-back combination of Rudiger and Jules performed satisfactorily last month.
Baku was defeated, and Van Bommel lamented
In addition to Hummels, the defeat of Wolfsburg's nova Baku is also a cause for concern. Last month, Baku took the starting right-hand side of the match against Liechtenstein, but his performance was disappointing, and he was replaced by Jonas Hoffmann after playing 60 minutes. In the next two games, Hoffman played the starting right gate consecutively, including a 6-0 victory over Armenia, and also scored his debut goal with a wonderful long-range shot. In the final game away to Iceland, Baku simply lost the 23-man roster, while another right-back Klosterman replaced Hoffman after the break. Now with the squad downsized from 26 to 23, it's understandable that Baku has been squeezed out, after all, in addition to Hoffman and Klosterman, Ginter and Krehr can also play right-back.
For Baku's defeat in this national team, Wolfsburg coach Van Bommel felt sorry.
In the first half of this year, the call for Loew to take Baku to the European Championship was high, after all, right-back is a major weakness of the German team. As a result, at the European Championship, Loew had to return Kimishira to the right side to make up for this shortcoming in the case of changing to a three-centre-back system, so not taking Baku became a major crime for Loew. But it turns out that even Flick is not so convinced of Baku's plan. At the current level of the U21 European champion, it is not yet a panacea for germany's right-hand disease.
In fact, in the past month, Baku has been doing well in Wolfsburg, but his position on the pitch is too erratic. After returning from the national team, he rotated Mbabu as right-back in the league with a 2-0 away win over Fürth. In the last round of the 3-away defeat to Hoffenheim, he was placed in the new position of left winger by Van Bommel and opened the scoring with a long-range shot. In the middle of the week, when the champions league was drawn 1-1 at home to Sevilla, Baku returned to the right wing. But was this really the decisive factor in Baku's defeat? After all, Hoffmann does not play right-back at Borussia Moncheng, and Hüttle has made it clear that he will not follow Flick's approach.
Van Bommel revealed that Flick had called him and Baku," he explained. Van Bommel, however, declined to disclose the contents of the conversation. He simply affirmed the disciple's current performance, "It's a pity for Ridler, everyone wants to play for their country. "Of course, Baku is still young, and even if his performance as a right-back does not convince Flick, it is entirely possible that he will be based on the national team for a long time in the future as a midfielder.
Gossens bid farewell to the rest of the year due to injury.
Unlike Baku, Gundogan, Dahoud and Gossens were defeated because of injuries. Gundogan has missed the past two games against Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain due to a thigh injury. Both Dahoud and Gossens were newly injured, with the former playing less than three minutes into Tuesday night's 1-0 home win over Sporting Lisbon before hitting the medial collateral ligament of his left knee. A day later, Gosons played less than eight minutes in Atlanta's 1-0 home win over the Bernese youth before falling to the ground injured while making an interception, and then left the field with a painful expression on his face under the support of medical staff.
Upon detailed examination, Gossens tore an tendon in his right thigh and was expected to have a 3-month truce. Flick said: "Robin (Gossens's name) was seriously injured and it was a major blow for us. His attitude and professionalism in the team are very good. We will miss him, we wish him all the best and hope he can get back on the ball quickly. ”
The latest squad for the German national team:
Goalkeepers: Neuer (Bayern Munich/ 0 goals in 106 games), Ter Stegen (Barcelona/ 0 goals in 25 games), Leno (Arsenal / 0 goals in 9 games)
Defenders: Rudiger (Chelsea/2 in 47 games), Günter (Mönchengladbach/2 in 44 games), Jules (Bayern Munich/1 in 35 games), Klostermann (Leipzig RB/14 games 0 goals), Krell (Paris Saint-Germain/0 in 12 games), Jonas Hoffmann (1 goal in 6 games), Raume (0 goals in Hoffenheim/1 game), Nico Sloterbeck (Freiburg/0 games)
Midfielders: Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich/ 39 goals in 106 games), Kimmich (Bayern Munich/3 goals in 62 games), Reuss (Borussia Dortmund/14 goals in 46 games), Goretzka (Bayern Munich/14 goals in 38 games), Havertz (Chelsea/6 goals in 20 games), Musiara (Bayern Munich/0 goals in 8 games), Neuhaus (Borussia Monchengladbach/2 goals in 6 games), Wertz (Bayer Leverkusen/0 goals in 3 games)
Forwards: Werner (Chelsea/ 19 goals in 45 games), Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich/ 9 goals in 37 games), Gnabry (Bayern Munich/ 19 goals in 29 games), Adeyemi (Red Bull Salzburg/ 1 goal in 1 game)