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Germany players will each receive €400,000 if they lift the World Cup in Qatar later this year, the country's football association (DFB) said on Sunday after agreeing on tournament bonuses with the team.
BERLIN: Germany players will each receive €400,000 (US$390,000) if they lift the World Cup in Qatar later this year, the country's football association (DFB) said on Sunday (Sep 25) after agreeing on tournament bonuses with the team.
Hungary stunned hosts Germany with a 1-0 win in Leipzig courtesy of Adam Szalai's sensational heel flick to stay on course for a Nations League final four spot with one game left to play.
LEIPZIG, Germany : Hungary stunned hosts Germany 1-0 courtesy of Adam Szalai's sensational heel flick on Friday to stay on course for a Nations League final four spot with one game left to play.
Germany will host UEFA Nations League Group B table-toppers Hungary at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig early on Saturday. Hungary are currently top of the group with seven points, while Germany are second with six points. Germany miss four first-team players for the match, including captain Manuel Neuer, forward Marco Reus, midfielders Leon Goretzka and Julian Brandt. The biggest surprise from manager Flick's announcement was the inclusion of uncapped defender Armel Bella Kotchap, who was named in the squad ahead of several experienced players including Borussia Dortmund's Mats Hummels and Bayer Leverkusen's Jonathan Tah. Paris-born Bella Kotchap made the move to Southampton in the Premier League in the summer after impressing for VfB Bochum last season in the Bundesliga.
Banning anti-discrimination armbands at the World Cup in Qatar would send out a “devastating” signal, a world players’ union chief has said.
BERLIN: Germany’s World Cup preparations have been disrupted by the coronavirus, forcing coach Hansi Flick to improvise for tournament warmup games against Hungary and England. Captain Manuel Neuer and his Bayern Munich teammate Leon Goretzka were forced to leave the team’s hotel Wednesday after positive tests for COVID-19, while Borussia Dortmund midfielder Julian Brandt left with flu-like symptoms after testing negative for the virus. It’s an unwelcome reminder for Flick that the pandemic is not over and could yet play a role in Germany’s fortunes at the World Cup, which begins in Qatar in just under two months.
Manuel Neuer and midfielder Leon Goretzka from their Nations League games is frustrating but a good way to test procedures ahead of the World Cup in Qatar, Germany coach Hansi Flick said on Thursday. The Germans, who face Hungary on Friday in Leipzig before travelling to England next week, will be without the pair who were ruled out with COVID-19 infections on Wednesday. "It was good preparation.