Tresoldi and Backhaus ruled out for German U-21's meeting with Belgium
The duo are joined by Hendry Blank as another absentee for the U-21 side's upcoming friendly with Belgium and possibly might miss Croatia too.
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Germany's U-21 suddenly must cope with further personnel setbacks ahead of the friendlies against Belgium and Croatia.
Sky Germany is reporting that goalkeeper Mio Backhaus, forward Nicolo Tresoldi and defender Hendry Blank are out at short notice.
Tresoldi and Blank suffered concussions in a collision during training. Both must sit out under the DFB's concussion protocol.
Meanwhile, SC Freiburg shot-stopper Backhaus is also unavailable due to an unspecified injury precaution at the moment.
In their place, coach Antonio Di Salvo has called up goalkeeper Hannes Hermann and Hoffenheim's Max Moerstedt.
On Friday, the German U-21 side take on Belgium in Essen, and a couple days later they clash with Croatia.
