The German national soccer team will play Peru in the first international match of the year with newcomer Marius Wolf and returnee Emre Can in the starting XI.

As the third professional from the Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund, national coach Hansi Flick offers defender Nico Schlotterbeck in Mainz. From the German record champions FC Bayern Munich, on the other hand, only midfielder Joshua Kimmich, who led the DFB selection in his 75th international match as captain, starts.

In addition to Kimmich, Leipzig full-back David Raum is the only remaining player from the formation that started against Costa Rica on December 1st in the bitter World Cup defeat. Flick is also making a system change. He starts with two strikers, Bremen's Niclas Füllkrug and Leipzig's Timo Werner. For the first time, 19-year-old Leverkusen player Florian Wirtz is in the starting XI, who, like Werner, missed the World Cup with an injury.

The German starting eleven

ter Stegen - Wolf, Ginter, Schlotterbeck, Raum - Kimmich, Can - Wirtz, Havertz - Füllkrug, Werner