{"id":118776,"date":"2026-05-21T10:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/neuer-leads-germany-in-the-2026-world-cup-the-veteran-goalkeepers-return\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:38:22","slug":"neuer-leads-germany-in-the-2026-world-cup-the-veteran-goalkeepers-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/neuer-leads-germany-in-the-2026-world-cup-the-veteran-goalkeepers-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuer Leads Germany in the 2026 World Cup: The Veteran Goalkeeper&#8217;s Return"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manuel Neuer leads Germany towards the 2026 World Cup<\/h2>\n\n\nThe experienced goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has been called up to represent Germany in the 2026 World Cup, marking his return to the national team at the age of 40. The announcement was made by coach Julian Nagelsmann, who confirmed the presence of the FC Bayern Munich goalkeeper this Thursday.\n\nThe decision to include Neuer, after weeks of speculation, has generated great anticipation among fans and experts.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We decided after many discussions that the three best goalkeepers in Germany should be at the World Cup. That&#8217;s why we spoke with Manuel to see if he was willing to return.<\/p><cite>Julian Nagelsmann<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nNagelsmann also confirmed that Neuer will be the starting goalkeeper during the tournament.\n\nThe call-up of the 2014 world champion has generated debate, considering the good performance of Oliver Baumann during the qualifying phase. Alexander N\u00fcbel completes the trio of goalkeepers, while Jonas Urbig will join the team for training.\n\nAmong the players called up, key figures such as Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Jamal Musiala, and Florian Wirtz stand out. In addition, new faces like Lennart Karl and the return of Nadiem Amiri are added.\n\nNagelsmann expressed his confidence in Musiala&#8217;s recovery, who recently overcame an injury.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We hope he returns to his former self. Even at 80 percent, Jamal is still one of the best players on the planet.<\/p><cite>Julian Nagelsmann<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn defense, the base from the qualifying phase is maintained, with Kimmich, Jonathan Tah, Nico Schlotterbeck, and David Raum. Antonio R\u00fcdiger is also part of the team.\n\nIn the attack, Kai Havertz, Leroy San\u00e9, and Maximilian Beier lead the offense, in a squad that combines experience and youth.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manuel Neuer leads Germany towards the 2026 World Cup The experienced goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has been called up to represent Germany in the 2026 World Cup, marking his return to the national team at the age of 40. The announcement was made by coach Julian Nagelsmann, who confirmed the presence of the FC Bayern Munich [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[2430,12700,6625,1215],"class_list":{"0":"post-118776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-germany","9":"tag-manuel-neuer","10":"tag-nagelsmann","11":"tag-world-cup-2026"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}