Woltemade to stay with Germany senior team for NL third place match
Forward Nick Woltemade will stay with the German senior national team for Sunday's Nations League match for third place and not move on to the under-21 team as originally planned.
The German Football Federation (DFB) said on Thursday it was decided after internal discussions that Woltemade will join the U21 side preparing for the June 11-28 European championships in Slovakia right after Sunday's game.
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VfB Stuttgart's Woltemade, 24, was called up for the first time into the senior team by coach Julian Nagelsmann for the Nations League finals.
He earned his maiden cap right away in the starting 11 of Wednesday's 2-1 semi-final defeat against Portugal, and Nagelsmann said that Woltemade "made good use of his first 60 minutes."
Nagelsmann had initially said that Woltemade would now return to the U21 side as part of an agreement with their coach Antonio di Salvo.
Woltemade is seen as a key player in the U21 title ambitions but the senior team also wants to end the Nations League on a positive note with victory in Woltemade's Stuttgart home stadium, where title holders Spain or France will be the opponent.
Nagelsmann is missing several attacking players due to injury, such as Jamal Musiala, Kai Havertz and Tim Kleindienst.
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