Four years can be a small eternity in professional football. Lennart Karl’s story is a striking example of that.
In the 4–3 friendly win in Switzerland, the 18-year-old made his highly anticipated debut for the German senior national team.
The youngster came on in the 63rd minute and then impressed with great courage and plenty of joy in playing. Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann was pleased with Karl’s performance afterward and praised his self-confidence.
Amusingly, the national coach and his newest rough diamond have actually known each other for quite some time. In 2022, Karl was a 14-year-old ball boy on the sidelines at Bayern Munich, which was coached by Nagelsmann at the time.
Recently resurfaced photos now show a warm encounter between the two. Did Nagelsmann perhaps think back then that in just a few years he would one day be coaching the teenager in the national team?
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