National football team: Nagelsmann wants to change little – Füllkrug breaks off training

It is uncertain whether striker Niclas Füllkrug will play in the German national football team’s top match in the Nations League against the Netherlands. The 31-year-old attacker was injured after the 5-0 win against Hungary. Before the follow-up training session on Monday evening in the arena in Amsterdam, national coach Julian Nagelsmann reported problems with his Achilles tendon at the transition to the calf.

“It is not yet clear whether he can play,” said Nagelsmann. Füllkrug was only present at the beginning of the training session at the Johan Cruyff Arena following the press conference. He took part in the warm-up exercises with blue tape on his left lower leg.

Filling jug only briefly during training

After eleven minutes, the attacker went to the national coach and then disappeared into the catacombs with team doctor Jochen Hahne. After the first 15 minutes, training continued as usual without media. The decision as to whether Füllkrug can play against Holland will probably only be made on match day.

Basically, he has no idea of ​​making many tactical or personnel changes, said Nagelsmann, looking ahead to Tuesday’s match (8:45 p.m./RTL). “It worked well against Hungary,” said the 37-year-old. The Dutch also started Group 3 of the A League with a big win, 5:2 against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

“Holland is a different opponent,” said Nagelsmann. The Dutch are “good at playing” especially offensively. Leverkusen’s Robert Andrich therefore sees the key to the second victory being “that we do better defensively than the Bosnians.”