The German national team’s homepage has just confirmed that midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic cannot participate in EURO 2024 . Coach Julian Nagelsmann decided to replace the star playing for Bayern Munich with Dortmund’s Emre Can. Can has played for the “Tank” 43 times and is the 2017 Confederations Cup champion. He is expected to join his teammates today (June 12).

The German national team summoned additional Can

Coach Nagelsmann said: “We want to have another No. 6 midfielder in the team and therefore decided to call up Emre Can. He immediately expressed his enthusiasm and willingness to join the team. We want a player who has played many matches and knows how to handle pressure. Can can fit what we need now.”

Pavlovic debuted for the German national team in a 0-0 draw against Ukrаine on June 4. But after the final test match of the “Tank” preparing for EURO 2024 at home, a 2-1 victory over Greece on June 8, the 20-year-old player did not return to his station due to infectiоn. coincide. The young star of Bayern Munich also missed the last two training sessions of the home team of this summer’s biggest tournament.

According to Bild newspaper (Germany), Pavlovic had an infectiоn due to tonsillitis. In the past, the 20-year-old player has encountered this problem many times. That was also the reason why he missed Germany’s friendly matches in March against France (2-0) and the Netherlands (2-1).

Germany will play the opening match of EURO 2024 against Scotland at 2:00 a.m. on June 15 (Vietnam time). After that, “Tank” faced Hungary (June 19) and Switzerland (June 24).