New man for Nagelsmann: Aleksandar Pavlović Image: dpa
Julian Nagelsmann is not looking for the most talented players for the European Championship, but rather those who fit together best – this is also shown by the example of Leon Goretzka and Aleksandar Pavlović.
“We,” said Leon Goretzka on Saturday, when he stood as the winner in the arena in Munich and had just been asked about the first international matches of 2024, the year of the European Championships. “We definitely want to play good games.” And whoever was in front of him at the moment he said that had to assume that he himself expected to be part of this team again in the next few days.
There are two winners since Thomas Tuchel, FC Bayern’s football coach, seems to have settled on the fact that he will probably play Joshua Kimmich at right-back for the rest of the season. One is the midfielder Leon Goretzka, who is usually in Kimmich’s shadow, but was finally in the spotlight again last Saturday because he scored two goals, prepared two goals and played in his new role in Bayern’s 8-1 win against Mainz Role was the “player of the game,” as his coach said afterwards.
