Germany's Nübel praises grandmother: Played a lot of football with me

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2024-10-10

Zenica (dpa) - VfB Stuttgart goalkeeper Alexander Nübel praised his grandmother for helping him start his football career ahead of his debut for the Germany national team on Friday against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Nations League. "One of my grandmothers played a lot of football with me, that was unique. In my family, football was not very present," he said. The now 92-year-old lived right next door and "played a lot of football in the garden......

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