""I'm cautiously skeptical," Nagelsmann said (as captured by Twitter account @iMiaSanMia)."
""He's extremely ambitious, but we have to see what's reasonably possible. It would do us a lot of good if he were to be on the pitch.""
"The Germany-Slovakia match is essentially a tiebreaker where the winner punches their ticket to the World Cup, whilst the team who draws the short straw will have to get past the dreaded play-off round."
Joshua Kimmich suffered an injury ahead of the Luxembourg match and remained sidelined despite Germany's victory. The 30-year-old is determined to play in the crucial World Cup qualifier against Slovakia in Leipzig. Coach Julian Nagelsmann appears unwilling to take unnecessary risks with Kimmich's fitness and described himself as cautiously skeptical. Nagelsmann acknowledged Kimmich's ambition while stressing the need to assess what is reasonably possible. The Germany-Slovakia match functions as a tiebreaker: the winner qualifies directly for the World Cup while the loser faces the play-off route, and Germany seek revenge for a previous 2-0 defeat in Bratislava.
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