National soccer player Serge Gnabry has to worry about his participation in the home European Championship from June 14th to July 14th due to another muscle injury. The FC Bayern offensive player was substituted after less than half an hour in the semi-final exit in the Champions League on Wednesday evening and, according to coach Thomas Tuchel, will probably be out for several weeks.
“It’s the same injury again, the hamstring again. I think it’s been going on for a while,” said Tuchel on Dazn after the 2-1 defeat at Real Madrid. Gnabry suffered a similar injury in the quarter-final first leg on April 9th at Arsenal (2-2) and was out for weeks afterwards. Jamal Musiala and Leroy Sané also had to be replaced early in Madrid, but they don’t appear to have any major problems.
Julian Nagelsmann will announce the provisional European Championship squad on Thursday next week in Berlin. The DFB team’s training camp begins on May 26th in Blankenhain in Weimarer Land. The national coach has to do without all the professionals from Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid, who will fight for the Champions League title at Wembley on June 1st.
The Real duo Toni Kroos and Antonio Rüdiger will be missing. BVB striker Niclas Füllkrug will not be there either. Other possible Dortmund European Championship participants are Mats Hummels, who has recently been in impressive form, Nico Schlotterbeck, Emre Can and Julian Brandt. Karim Adeyemi and Yousoufa Moukoko only have outsider chances.
In return, Nagelsmann can welcome the Bayern block around goalkeeper Manuel Neuer there. The opening game of the German selection will take place on June 14th in Munich against Scotland. (dpa/Tsp)