Decision made! This BVB star will start against Serbia | OneFootball

Jürgen Klopp has apparently made the next decision for the international match against Serbia. BVB star Waldemar Anton is set to start in central defense. It had previously already emerged that Serge Gnabry will lead the team onto the pitch as captain.

Waldemar Anton will be in the starting lineup against Serbia tonight. That is reported by BILD. According to the report, Anton will form the new center-back duo together with Malick Thiaw. For the Dortmund player, it is another chance to impress under the new national team coach.

Anton had already been considered a candidate for the starting XI beforehand. After Nico Schlotterbeck’s absence and the departures of Tah and Bisseck, Klopp had to reshuffle his defense. In the end, he opted for Anton and Thiaw.

Alongside Anton and Thiaw, Klopp is also relying on new personnel overall against Serbia and in the return match against Greece. As already announced in advance, the second selected squad will play the two matches. With a few exceptions such as Philipp Treu or Florian Wirtz, the players were not in the squad for the first matches against the Netherlands and Greece.

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Gnabry leads Germany onto the pitch as captain

The captaincy issue has now also been settled. Serge Gnabry is set to lead the German team onto the pitch against Serbia as captain. The Bayern star will wear the captain’s armband for the DFB team for the first time.

The new solution became necessary because Joshua Kimmich is no longer part of the squad in the second half of the international window. Klopp had only planned to use the Bayern professional from the start for the first two matches against the Netherlands and Greece.

With 61 international appearances, Gnabry brings the most experience to the current DFB squad.

That means Klopp appears to have made several key personnel decisions for the third match of his tenure: Anton is set to lead the defense, while Gnabry will captain the German national team for the first time.

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