Rio 2016
Two DFB-team, one goal: Gold in Rio
A day later than originally planned, the DFB coach Horst Hrubesch and Silvia Neid will present their squad for the Olympic games in Rio. The Bundesliga club have not made it Hrubesch easily.
That was a lot of hard work. After a very difficult, week-long negotiations, the DFB coach Horst Hrubesch has his squad jigsaw for the Olympic football tournament (4. to 20. August) is finally completed and his squad of 18 players will be presented. The big names are missing. Captain of the team is Schalke’s Leon Goretzka, also A national team player Julian Brandt of Bayer 04 Leverkusen, as expected. The three allowed “Oldie-Tickets” for players older than 23 years, went to 27-year-old twins Lars and Sven Bender, as well as the 27-year-old Nils Petersen. Lars Bender earned Leverkusen, Sven Bender of Borussia Dortmund and Petersen in the Bundesliga, newly promoted SC Freiburg.
Hrubesch: “A Good Mix”
Difficult nomination for Horst Hrubesch
Most of the Bundesliga clubs had been reluctant players for the Olympic Team. Young stars such as Leroy Sané, Joshua Kimmich, Julian Weigl and Jonathan Tah from had already in EM, ran, older professionals like Philipp Lahm or Miroslav Klose waved. Coach Hrubesch had to postpone the announcement of the Olympic squad a day. His team is still offering “a good mix of the current under-21 and older players,” said Hrubesch: “The quality is in spite of the difficult nomination. I am sure that with these guys, anything is possible.”
The aim of the DFB-Teams of participation since the Bronze Coup in 1988 in Seoul the first Olympic-not less than Gold. “We’re going to Brazil to win every game,” said Hrubesch. Olympia, “a unique experience, the players will still have to tell her grandchildren.” Also Dortmund’s world champion Matthias Ginter is looking forward to the medal hunt at the Olympics: “I am very pleased. I have already signaled early on that I would like to ride.” In Brazil, the DFB-Team will meet in the preliminary round at the Olympic champion, Mexico (4. August), South Korea (7. August) and the Team of the Fiji Islands (10. August).
Envy: “No easy decision”
Silvia Neid is in Rio for their farewell
The German women’s national team gets there in Rio in the first round with Zimbabwe (3. August), Australia (6. August) and Canada (9. To do in August). Silvia Neid familiar in their 18-man squad six players (Saskia Bartusiak, Annike Krahn, Simone Laudehr, Anja Mittag, Babett Peter and Melanie Behringer) already in 2008, when winning the bronze medal in Beijing. It was painted a surprising Champions League winner Pauline Bremer of Olympique Lyon. “The decision was not easy,” said Silvia Neid, who finished the Olympic tournament, after eleven years of her career as a Federal trainer. “We have in the three preparation for teaching many of the impressions of speed are collected and, after any unit within the coach of the teams intensively exchanged. With a squad of only 16 Field players and two goalkeepers inside the aspect of the variability plays a major role.” The DFB women’s team chases Gold. “We want to reach the final in the Maracana stadium, and then, of course, also get Gold, against which opponents,” said defensive boss, Saskia Bartusiak.
The DFB-men-squad for Rio:
Goal: Timo Horn (1. FC Köln), Jannik Huth (FSV Mainz 05)
Defence: Robert Bauer (FC Ingolstadt), Matthias Ginter (Borussia Dortmund), Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig), Philipp Max (FC Augsburg), Niklas Süle and Jeremy Toljan (both 1899 Hoffenheim)
Midfield: Lars Bender (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Sven Bender (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Brandt (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Max Christiansen (FC Ingolstadt 04), Serge Gnabry, (FC Arsenal), Leon Goretzka, Max Meyer, (both FC Schalke 04), Grischa Prömel (Karlsruher SC)
Storm: Nils Petersen (Freiburg), Davie Selke, (RB Leipzig)
On Demand: Leonardo Bittencourt (1. FC Köln), Christian Günter (SC Freiburg), Sebastian Kerk (SC Freiburg), Eric Oelschlägel (Werder Bremen)
The Olympic squad of the DFB-women-Teams
Goal: Laura Benkarth (SC Freiburg), Almuth Schult (Wolfsburg)
Defense: Saskia Bartusiak (1. FFC Frankfurt), Josephine Henning (Arsenal FC), Tabea Kemme (Potsdam), Annike Krahn (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Leonie Maier (Bayern Munich), Babett Peter (VfL Wolfsburg)
Midfield: Melanie Behringer, Sara Däbritz (both Bayern Munich), Lena goessling (VfL Wolfsburg), Isabel Kerschowki (VfL Wolfsburg), Simone Laudehr (1. FFC Frankfurt). Melanie Leupolz (Bayern Munich)
Storm: Mandy Islacker (1. FFC Frankfurt), Dzsenifer Marozsán (1. FFC Frankfurt), Anja Mittag (Paris St. Germain), Alexandra Popp (VfL Wolfsburg)
On-Demand: Kathrin Hendrich (1. FFC Frankfurt), Svenja Huth (Turbine Potsdam), Lina Magull (SC Freiburg), Lisa White (SGS Essen)
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