1. First DFB training: Lots of injuries and aches and pains

The DFB team starts the international match week on the training pitch with three goalkeepers and only 19 field players. National coach Julian Nagelsmann has to do without four players for the opening training session on Tuesday morning.

Jamie Leweling had already traveled from Stuttgart with muscular problems, but was able to leave straight away on Monday evening after an examination by the DFB medical team. Nathaniel Brown had received a blow to the calf during Frankfurt’s game in Mainz and also had to sit out. The Legionnaires Antonio Rüdiger and Kai Havertz To control their workload, they were only active in the fitness room.

2. New faces: Debutant Karl goes down in the DFB entourage

Lennart Karl does like goalkeeper Jonas Urbig his first steps with the senior national team. Nagelsmann will take a close look at the 18-year-old shooting star from Munich. He must also look closely.

Karl, who is only 1.68 meters tall, is well shadowed by giants like Nick Woltemade, Jonathan Tah, Leon Goretzka and Nico Schlotterbeck. The Franconian sun barely comes through. Karl has to draw attention to himself through play – but he managed to do that at Bayern.

3. English is now spoken in DFB training

Is the team already preparing linguistically for the World Cup in the USA? In the first training session on Tuesday morning, the new athletic trainer Bram Geers at least provided new circumstances.

During the warm-up, the energetic Belgian, who joined the coaching team this week, loudly gives instructions in English.

Nothing new for the players – in most clubs, with the large number of international players, communication is predominantly in the world language.