Overview

• Germany play a U21 friendly against Albania on Friday, 5 September at 18:00 CEST at Elbasan Arena in Elbasan.
• Coverage begins at 17:30 on ProSieben MAXX, with live streams on Joyn, ran.de and the ran app, plus a live ticker on ran.de.
• Three first-time goalkeeper call-ups—Mio Backhaus (Werder Bremen), Dennis Seimen (SC Paderborn) and Max Weiß (Burnley)—compete in what Di Salvo calls an open race.
• Outfield debutants include Noël Aséko (Hannover 96), Muhammed Damar (TSG Hoffenheim), Ilyas Ansah (Union Berlin) and Dženan Pejčinović (VfL Wolfsburg), with Pejčinović calling his nomination a huge incentive.
• The friendly precedes Tuesday’s Euro qualifying opener against Latvia in Rostock, with Group F also featuring Georgia, Greece, Northern Ireland and Malta, a slate Di Salvo labeled very unpleasant despite Germany’s favorite status.