Germany journey to the scene of many historic matches as they face England at Wembley Stadium within the Nations League on Monday evening.
England’s foes for the final ever match on the previous Wembley and their opponents within the 1966 World Cup closing, amongst quite a few notable conferences, have misplaced simply one among their final eight visits to the so-called house of soccer (W5 D2) – though that defeat did come on their most journey to London’s north-west.
Here is the XI Hansi Flick could deploy to rediscover their good type towards England on international, however acquainted, soil.
GK: Marc-Ander ter Stegen – Within the absence of the COVID-positive Manuel Neuer, Ter Stegen made his first worldwide look since March 2022 towards Hungary on Friday evening.
CB: Thilo Kehrer – The West Ham United beginner has been a favorite of Flick’s since his arrival post-Euros, that includes in a nation-high 12 of the supervisor’s 14 matches within the dugout.
CB: Niklas Sule – As soon as chastised by a former coach who barked: “You’ll be able to’t play soccer while you weigh 100 kilos.” Sule has ditched the junk meals and slimmed down since.
CB: Matthias Ginter – Following the suspension of Antonio Rudiger, Freiburg’s Ginter could earn his first cap of the yr.
RWB: Jonas Hofmann – Versatile on and off the pitch, Hofmann’s entrepreneurial spirit has seen him take a stake in a property agency and personal a number of Subway branches.
CM: Ilkay Gundogan – Manchester Metropolis‘s midfielder is not the one worldwide in his household; Gundogan’s cousin Naz Aydemir is a veteran of Turkey’s nationwide volleyball crew, successful gold on the 2015 European Video games.
CM: Joshua Kimmich – Described as a “strict dad” by compatriot Sule – who was born in the identical yr as Bayern Munich’s 27-year-old chief.
LWB: David Raum – Based on Raum himself, the wing-back’s transfer from Hoffenheim to RB Leipzig in the summertime was the Bundesliga’s “most vital switch”.
RW: Thomas Muller – Germany’s Raumdeuter owns a stallion breeding centre – though his spouse Lisa has extra duty than Muller, who described himself because the “managing director of carrots”.
ST: Timo Werner – Since Flick’s arrival, Werner has netted an unrivalled eight worldwide targets in 12 caps.
LW: Leroy Sane – After becoming a member of Bayern Munich in the summertime of 2020, Sane admitted that he regrets commissioning an enormous tattoo of himself in a Manchester Metropolis package which sprawls throughout his whole again. Sane has since had it altered to resemble a Germany package.
