{"id":193199,"date":"2024-06-25T16:06:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T16:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/25\/germany-dealt-antonio-rudiger-blow-ahead-of-euro-2024-knockout-stage\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T16:06:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T16:06:25","slug":"germany-dealt-antonio-rudiger-blow-ahead-of-euro-2024-knockout-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/25\/germany-dealt-antonio-rudiger-blow-ahead-of-euro-2024-knockout-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany dealt Antonio Rudiger blow ahead of Euro 2024 knockout stage \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger is an injury doubt for Germany\u2019s last 16 tie at Euro 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It could be a significant blow for Germany given that his usual centre-back partner Jonathan Tah is already ruled out of the game due to a yellow card suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Rudiger played every minute of the opening round as the hosts topped Group A ahead of Switzerland but is nursing a thigh issue as the knockout stage looms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has a bit of a problem with his thigh. We\u2019ll have to see. I hope it\u2019s nothing serious. We\u2019ll see. That could be quite problematic,\u201d Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann said.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01j17btmmz0ymh4fw72y.jpg\" alt=\"Antonio Rudiger\" title=\"Antonio Rudiger\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Rudiger appeared to be struggling against Switzerland \/ Lars Baron\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Borussia Dortmund\u2019s Nico Schlotterbeck will likely get the nod to step in for Tah, having replaced the Bayer Leverkusen defender during Sunday\u2019s draw against Switzerland. Were Rudiger to also be ruled out, his place would go to Stuttgart\u2019s Waldemar Anton, who has just two senior caps.<\/p>\n<p>Anton\u2019s place in the squad came as a reward for his impact in Stuttgart\u2019s outstanding Bundesliga season that saw the club finish second and book a return to the Champions League for the first time since 2009\/10. His only Germany start was in this month\u2019s warm-up friendly against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Germany do not yet know the identity of their last 16 opponent. They will face the runner-up from Group C, which could still be any one of England, Denmark, Slovenia and Serbia depending on the final set of results on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Rudiger came into the Euros off the back of a La Liga and Champions League double-winning season with Real Madrid. The 31-year-old, a regular starter at international level since 2017, was\u00a0ranked pre-tournament by\u00a0<em>90min<\/em>\u00a0as the second best centre-back competing this summer behind on only Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk, and ahead of Ruben Dias, John Stones and William Saliba.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger is an injury doubt for Germany\u2019s last 16 tie at Euro 2024. It could be a significant blow for Germany given that his usual centre-back partner Jonathan Tah is already ruled out of the game due to a yellow card suspension. Rudiger played every minute of the opening round as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Germany dealt Antonio Rudiger blow ahead of Euro 2024 knockout stage \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/25\/germany-dealt-antonio-rudiger-blow-ahead-of-euro-2024-knockout-stage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Germany dealt Antonio Rudiger blow ahead of Euro 2024 knockout stage \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger is an injury doubt for Germany\u2019s last 16 tie at Euro 2024. 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