A little more than 24 hours before facing Denmark in the round of 16 of the European Championship, which they are hosting, Germany is in suspense due to the problems that are concentrated in its defense. For the match against the Danish team at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, their coach, Julian Nagelsmannyou will not be able to count on Tah is suspended and has Rudiger in his jeopardy. The Real Madrid centre-back, with a muscle strain in the quadriceps of his right leg, continues to receive treatment from the physiotherapists and training in individual sessions, away from the group. His presence in the starting eleven tomorrow is up in the air, so both Schlotterbeck, who already had minutes against Switzerland, as well as Anton and Koch are ready to come in.
But this double change in the center of the defense may not be the only one proposed by his coach. Especially after checking the great form and the depth on the left flank that David Raum showed in the half hour he had against the Helvetians. The RB Leipzig full-back replaced Middle Townwhich was perhaps the most fragile piece of the powerful German eleven, and contributed decisively to the host retaining first place in Group A.
Flick’s Call
Raum had tried with a powerful shot that grazed the crossbar as soon as he jumped onto the pitch. And after several more balls into the area, it was protagonist assisting Füllkrug in the equalizing goal. A sensational cross from the left side of the German attack that came to demonstrate why Raum’s recently finished season has been one of the Bundesliga sensationsoccupying privileged positions in numerous statistics.
For example, it was the player of the championship with the most centers into the area, with 306, and the one who gave the most centers in play, with 141; he was the second with the most corner kicks caused by his passes, 109, the ninth with the most contact with the ball, with 2,442, the sixth with the most progressive passes (more than 10 meters forward), with 246; and if that were not enough, he gave ten assists and scored two goals. Spectacular figures for a side.
His career, going from Greuther Fürth to Hoffenheim in 2021 And, just a year later, RB Leipzig for 26 millionwas meteoric. Until the opportunity of the National Team came to him from the hand of the new coach of Barça: “An unknown number called me and I rejected the call twice. Suddenly, I received an SMS saying: ‘David, it’s Flick, please call me.’ I called him and he told me that he had been watching me and that he would like to see me in the national team. I was stunned.” Now, Assistant Raum is asking to be part of Nagelsmann’s starting XI in the round of 16 of the European Championship in his country.
