Germany will unusually feature two forwards in their friendly international against Peru today, coach Hansi Flick said as much yesterday as he looks to build a battle-worthy team for next year’s Euro 2024.
The Germans have for years opted to play either without an out-an-out striker since their 2014 World Cup victory and the retirement of Miroslav Klose, or deploy just one, many times a false nine.
This tactic has failed to deliver any success with Germany crashing out early in their last three tournaments, including two first round exits at consecutive World Cups.
At the most recent World Cup in Qatar in November-December last year Flick had used Niclas Fuellkrug, a Germany newcomer, as their only real forward in the tournament.
“Tomorrow we will play with two strikers. With Timo Werner and Niclas Fuellkrug and with a somewhat different midfield,” Flick told a news conference.”This also means a different game for our fullbacks.
“I think both forwards did it well in training so we have decided to play with two strikers from the start.”