{"id":41727,"date":"2026-06-22T08:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/alert-to-germany-schlotterbeck-risks-losing-the-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:45:37","slug":"alert-to-germany-schlotterbeck-risks-losing-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/alert-to-germany-schlotterbeck-risks-losing-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert to Germany: Schlotterbeck risks losing the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nico-Schlotterbeck.png\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>The German international was dealt with some worrying news after the 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast, as defender Nico Schlotterbeck suffered an injury that could keep him out for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old felt problems with his ankle in the first minutes of the match, but continued to play until the end of the first half. However, he was unable to continue and was substituted during the half-time break.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann admitted that the situation did not look promising.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A ligament injury is suspected. It does not look good,&#8221; declared the German coach.<\/p>\n<p>According to German media, there are fears that Schlotterbeck may have torn a ligament in his ankle, which would mean a long absence from green fields. Final results are awaited after an MRI scheduled for Monday.<\/p>\n<p>If a serious injury is confirmed, the defender&#8217;s World Cup adventure could be over after just two games. Such a development would be a blow not only for Germany, but also for Borussia Dortmund, where Schlotterbeck is one of the main pillars of the team.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German international was dealt with some worrying news after the 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast, as defender Nico Schlotterbeck suffered an injury that could keep him out for a long time. The 26-year-old felt problems with his ankle in the first minutes of the match, but continued to play until the end of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"views":5,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41729,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41727\/revisions\/41729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}