Borussia Dortmund will be the great forgotten of the Euro Cup. The team led by Edin Terzic will play the Champions League final against Real Madrid on June 1, becoming the best representative of German football in Europe, above Bayern or a Leverkusen that has won the Bundelisga for the first time and who will play the Europa League final against Atalanta today, Wednesday.
Two out of nine possible with Germany
However, the Dortmund players have been forgotten in the calls of the different teams for the Euro Cup. To start the German coach, Julian Nagelsmann has only included defender Nico Schlotterbeck and forward Niclas Füllkrug on his list. Leaving other internationals such as Mat Hummels, Karim Adeyemi, Emre Can, Niklas Süle, Marcel Sabitzer, Marco Reus and Youssoufa Moukoko out of the summons. An omission that has been widely commented on in Germany by the media, especially after Borussia’s qualification for the Wembley final was consummated after being better than Paris Saint-Germain in the two semi-final matches.
But in addition to the Germans, there are also other internationals on the team who have not been called by their selectors for the event that will be played between June 14 and July 14 in Germany. The one that attracts the most attention is English Jadon Sancho, who has been one of the most successful comebacks striking highlights of this edition of the Champions League, after being loaned by Manchester United to Dortmund. However, his good season has not been rewarded by the English coach, Gareth Southgate, which has left him off the list of ‘pros’.
Leverkusen is the antithesis
Nor has Ronald Koeman counted on the Dutch full-back Ian Maatsen, one of the reinforcements of this season of the ‘borusser’ team, which also closed the arrivals of Nmecha, Sabitzer, Sancho, Füllkrug and Bensebaini for this season. A roster that has shone in the yellow shirt and of which only the German striker will appear in his country’s Euro Cup.
It is striking that while Dortmund is the great forgotten by the national teams, Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen is the one that has received the most focus revaluing many of the ‘aspirin’ team players. So, In the Euro Cup you can see Florian Wirtz and Jonathan Tah with Germany, Alejandro Grimaldo with Spain, Jeremie Frimpong with the Netherlands, Granit Xhaka with Switzerland or Josip Stanisic with Croatia.
2024-05-22 11:53:09
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