With Manuel Neuer and Leon Goretzka, Hansi Flick has to do without two important pillars in the Nations League duels against Hungary and England. Julian Brandt also had to leave the DFB quarters. On Wednesday evening, the national coach nominated TSG keeper Oliver Baumann as well as Maxi Arnold from VfL Wolfsburg.

On Friday against Hungary and next Monday against England, the DFB team will undergo two endurance tests with a view to the World Cup in Qatar. The German team will have to do without their captain Manuel Neuer. Number one tested positive for the corona virus, as did Leon Goretzka. Both have already left the DFB quarters. Later in the day, BVB offensive man Julian Brandt also left. His corona test was negative, but the 26-year-old caught a flu infection.

Hansi Flick initially nominated Oliver Baumann. The TSG goalkeeper completes the goalkeeping trio. Both Marc-André ter Stegen and Kevin Trapp could now get a chance against Hungary and England.

The national coach later reacted to the absences of Leon Goretzka and Julian Brandt with another nomination: Maxi Arnold from VfL Wolfsburg joined the team. The 28-year-old celebrated his comeback in the DFB team under Flick in November 2011.

This article was originally published on www.90min.de as After failures by Neuer, Goretzka