With Max Kruse to the Olympics

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Mith Max Kruse, Nadiem Amiri and Maximilian Arnold at the top, Stefan Kuntz’s DFB team is going to the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The DFB coach also nominated seven players on Monday who had surprisingly become U21 European champions just a month ago.

“With the nomination of the squad, the anticipation for the Olympic Games, which was already huge, increases immeasurably,” says Kuntz: “It will be a very special experience for the 19 boys and the entire team, being part of Team Germany in Tokyo be.”

Kuntz was allowed to nominate three players who were born before 1997. The biggest surprise is probably Kruse, who has not worn the DFB jersey since 2015. The current professional from Union Berlin was thrown from the squad by national coach Löw because of indiscipline. Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen) and Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) won the U21 European Championship title under Kuntz in 2017.


Have a good laugh: Max Kruse from Union Berlin is part of the German team for Tokyo.
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But Kuntz also criticized some clubs. “The willingness to support the Olympic team varied in the Bundesliga. Unfortunately, some big clubs didn’t want to help as they had hoped, ”he said. His goal is clear: “We want to get as far as possible and play for the Olympic medals.”

As announced, the new U21 European champions form the framework of the team. Niklas Dorsch (KAA Gent), Ismail Jakobs (1.FC Cologne), Arne Maier (Hertha BSC), Amos Pieper (Arminia Bielefeld), David Raum (TSG Hoffenheim), Anton Stach (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) and Josha Vagnoman (Hamburger SV ) had only won the title in Ljubljana at the beginning of June with a 1-0 win against Portugal.

The DFB team will meet on July 12th, and one day later they will head to Japan. After a test against Honduras on July 17th, the game against Brazil will be serious on July 22nd in Yokohama. The other opponents in the preliminary round are Saudi Arabia and Ivory Coast.

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