‘IceMan’ Neuer giving a lecture to young people before the World Cup

Manuel Neuer He will be one of the oldest players to play in the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. With Ter Stegen long-term injury since the beginning of February, who was the goalkeeper who took over in the German goal since the player from the Bayernand without Baumann neither Nübel convinced, the 40-year-old veteran goalkeeper returned to the ‘Die Mannschaft’ roster to compete in his fifth World Cup.

He will be the leader of a team that wants to rebuild itself after two failures in two World Cups in a row. In both Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022, the German team said goodbye to the tournament at the first opportunity, falling to the Group Stage. That is why Julian Nagelsmann will want to change this dynamic with a generation with new footballers like Musiala, Wirtz either Lennart Karl, but it will have the same leader: Manuel Neuer.

Rushing through the last training sessions of each team before the players join their teams, Neuer he returned to lecture before Aleksandar Pavlović (22 years old), teammate Bayern Munich. The goalkeeper left a funny image in front of his younger teammates, showing his temper in delicate situations such as the cold.

In a common exercise to reduce muscle inflammation, a practice that is usually performed is ice baths and it is something that seems to Neuer He is very used to it. Given the complaints of other younger players like himself Pavlović or others like Tah, who were seen suffering, ‘IceMan’ Neuer He was very comfortable, causing laughter among those present.