Klopp insists: Germany must not slip up against Serbia in Belgrade

Jürgen Klopp, in Thursday's press conference captured by Darko Vojinovic, recalled that the German national football team must win this Friday in Belgrade against Serbia in the Group A2 match of the Nations League.

The top two places are already qualified for the quarter‑finals, and the German team now sits in third place, three points behind the Netherlands and Greece, who face each other tonight in Amsterdam.

Klopp had called up the 17‑year‑old prodigy Wael Mohya of Borussia Mönchengladbach, but ultimately left him out of the squad against Serbia.

Under the guidance of the former Liverpool manager, Germany lost 0‑1 to Greece, drew twice with the Netherlands (1‑1 and 0‑0) and beat Serbia 2‑0, leaving Xavi Hernández's 'oranje' and the Greek national team level on points.

Serbia lines up V. Milinković‑Savić, Eraković, Milenković, Babić, Nedeljković, N. Maksimović, Lukic, Bukinac, Tadić, Cvetković and Jović, under the direction of coach Veljko Paunović.

Germany fields Ter Stegen; Treu, Tah, Schlotterbeck and Brown in defence, Kimmich in midfield, Pavlovic and Wirtz in the middle, and Karl, Havertz and Scherhant up front, with Jürgen Klopp as manager.

The referee appointed for the match is Javier Alberola Rojas of Spain.

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Klopp also omitted the Barcelona winger Karim Adeyemi, who has lost prominence at Barcelona.

After the match in Serbia, Germany will host the Netherlands on Monday at Berlin's Olympiastadion.

Controversy surrounding Felix Nmecha

In the conference, Klopp addressed the controversial celebration of midfielder Felix Nmecha and assured that it will not happen again.

The celebration was linked to the evangelical network ‘Ballers in God’, and the player had previously been accused of sharing posts deemed homophobic and transphobic.

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In another result, Italy came back to beat 3‑1 and recorded Zidane Martí Barenys's first defeat.

Klopp explained that he discussed the matter with the outlet, which told him “that he loves everyone and discriminates against no one”, and added that Nmecha will not celebrate his goals in that manner again.

On Saturday Nmecha celebrated a goal by kneeling, pretending to remove a crown and place it on the grass in front of him.