{"id":8856,"date":"2023-11-17T19:11:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T13:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/17\/germany-keeper-ter-stegen-ruled-out-of-friendlies\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T19:11:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T13:41:48","slug":"germany-keeper-ter-stegen-ruled-out-of-friendlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/17\/germany-keeper-ter-stegen-ruled-out-of-friendlies\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany keeper Ter Stegen ruled out of friendlies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germany\u2019s first-choice keeper Marc Andre ter Stegen has been ruled out of its friendly internationals against Turkey and Austria with a back injury, coach Julian Nagelsmann said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s Ter Stegen, who has been the Germany\u2019s keeper since Manuel Neuer broke his leg a year ago, will return to Spain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarc Andre will miss both matches. He has acute back pain. He will probably return to Barcelona. He can\u2019t train, and he can\u2019t play,\u201d Nagelsmann told a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t say exactly what happened. My information is strong back pain, which restricts his movement. He felt it a bit yesterday in training, but today it got worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/football\/eduardo-camavinga-latest-injury-update-real-madrid-medical-statement\/article67544042.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Madrid\u2019s Camavinga suffers knee injury with France<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although Neuer returned to action with Bayern Munich a few weeks ago, Nagelsmann decided to give him a break as he starts the task of building a team for next year\u2019s Euro on home soil.<\/p>\n<p>Nagelsmann did not say who would start against Turkey on Saturday and Austria on Tuesday, with keepers Kevin Trapp, Janis Blaswich and Oliver Baumann in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been a bit surprised by the news (about ter Stegen) that came just this afternoon. We will have to wait now for the last training before making a decision,\u201d said the former Bayern Munich coach.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s match at Berlin\u2019s sold-out Olympic stadium will be the first home game for Nagelsmann, who took over in September, replacing Hansi Flick.<\/p>\n<p>In his first two matches in charge during a U.S. trip last month, Germany beat the United States 3-1 and drew 2-2 with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Nagelsmann said it was a good defence that would be key for his team going into next year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/football\/oyarzabal-out-of-spain-squad-hamstring-injury-euro-qualifiers-international-football\/article67544381.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oyarzabal out of Spain squad with hamstring injury<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Germans, four-time world champions, have struggled in recent major competitions, having crashed out in the first round in the last two World Cups and been eliminated in the round of 16 in the last European Championship in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to show good stability (in defence). We should not lose possession, that\u2019s a good way to defend,\u201d Nagelsmann said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefensive stability especially ahead of a tournament is important.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"comments-shares share-page\">\n<p class=\"comments\">\nComments\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagelsmann did not say who would start against Turkey on Saturday and Austria on Tuesday, with keepers Kevin Trapp, Janis Blaswich and Oliver Baumann in the squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-sport-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}