Since the retirement of all-time leading World Cup scorer Miroslav Klose following their 2014 World Cup victory in Brazil, the Germans have tried a variety of attacking systems mainly with wingers deployed as false nines but with little success.
Twenty four years later it was another target man, Klose, who scored the goals in their victory in Brazil and became the top World Cup scorer of all time with 16. Werder Bremen's Niclas Fuellkrug made his Germany debut at the age of 29 this week, scoring the winner in their warmup match against Oman on Wednesday after coming on as a substitute.
He does not have the height or power in the air that Fuellkrug possess but every time the Borussia Dortmund striker is in the opponents' box alarm bells are ringing.
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