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Germany will receive Spain in their opening League of Nations match on Thursday with Bayern Munich duo Leroy Sane and Niklas Suele to regain form after a long knee injury.
Germany will face Spain in Stuttgart before playing Switzerland 3 days later in Basel. Both matches will be played behind closed doors.
This allows coach Joachim Loew to assess the fitness of former Manchester City Sane and central winger Usually on a weakened missing German team, other resting Bayern players such as Manuel Neuer, Serge Gnabry, Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka.
“I’m at 80%,” Sane told the German Federation website.
“Of course, the games and speed are missing,” added Sane, who has played a few minutes since he broke his knee ligaments last August.
Bayern’s defender Suele, who suffered an injury last October, made his return to the 16th round of champions in Lisbon.
The 24-year-old shone after replacing Jerome Boateng at the start of the Lisbon final in Bayern’s 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain.
“I didn’t manage to do what I love,” He said at Tuesday’s press conference, obviously pleased to be back in Germany’s service in “a great team. “
“Spain remains a wonderful global football force with individual players. “
Right after winning the Champions League trophy, He usually hopes Bayern’s good European fortune will motivate the national team towards next year’s Euro 2020 final.
“We achieved great success with Bayern Munich. This should be an incentive for new titles,” Suele said.
“And we have to use the League of Nations to prepare for next summer’s European Championship.
“These are titles again. “
The clash with Spain will be the first German foreigner in almost 10 months due to the coronavirus pandemic The team tested Covid-19 upon arrival at the team hotel on Monday.
“It’s more intense here, but it’s a smart thing. In the pandemic, Germany has shown that it is more organized,” Chelsea defender Antonio Ruediger said.
Other hygiene measures come with avoiding contact, training and condition at a distance of five meters from anyone outside the team.
“Everything is well planned and coordinated, also in education,” Suele added.
Chelsea’s new German striker, Timo Werner, has said he will miss the house in front of the empty stands in Stuttgart.
“It’s complicated for fans. It’s also more fun for us to play in front of the fans,” Werner said.
“We had a friendly with Chelsea in front of 2500 other people and it was an absolutely different atmosphere. “
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