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Dusseldorf (dpa) - In the event of a possible national team return of the three former soccer world champions Thomas Müller, Mats Hummels and Jérôme Boateng, the German fans have a clear favorite.
40 percent of those questioned voted in a survey by the opinion research institute YouGov on behalf of the German Press Agency for Bayern professional Müller to participate.
29 percent were in favor of Hummels from Dortmund, 24 percent for Boateng from Munich.
19 percent are against a return of the trio to the DFB selection.
National coach Joachim Löw wants to decide in May whether he will bring Müller, Hummels and / or Boateng back for the summer tournament.
He had sorted out the three world champions from 2014 two years ago and initiated a change.
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Half of Germans do not believe that Löw will lead the national team to their first European Championship victory in 25 years at his last tournament as national coach.
Only 22 percent answered “yes” to the question: Do you trust Löw to win the title with the German team?
27 percent of those surveyed did not want to commit themselves or did not provide any information.
The optimism of the fans has shrunk since the early World Cup in Russia in 2018 and the most recent 0: 6 in Spain.
“I trust us to do everything,” said the national player and captain Manuel Neuer shortly before the first international match of the year: “I believe in us.
I think we have the opportunity to play a good role in the European Championship. "
Progress should be made in the World Cup qualifiers on Thursday (8.45 p.m. / RTL) in Duisburg against Iceland and then in Romania and against North Macedonia.
"We mustn't waste time," emphasized the Bayern goalkeeper.
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It is still unclear whether the EM in the corona pandemic will take place in the planned form with twelve host cities.
In the YouGov survey, 35 percent said that Munich should “definitely” remain host as the location for the three group games of the German team and a quarter-finals.
15 percent said yes, but only if viewers are allowed.
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