Thursday, 3 July 2014
Seven Germany players are suffering from mild flu ahead of the quarter-final match against France on Friday, 4th of July coach Joachim Loew said in a radio interview without identifying the players.
“Seven players have somehow come down with slight cases of the flu,” Loew was quoted telling Germany’s ARD radio. He mentioned that most had “throat aches” but did not reveal their names.
“As a result, it’s too early to make any final decisions about the lineup,” Loew added.
Defender Mat Hummels missed Germany’s round of 16 match against Algeria on Monday due to a fever. He said on Wednesday that he had recovered and posted a picture of himself sitting on the beach.
