'Does not look good': Lennart Karl suffers injury in Germany training before World Cup

[p]The 18-year-old ‌attacking midfielder was a surprise addition ‌to Nagelsmann's squad after his meteoric rise this season with domestic double winners [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern ‌Munich[/a], but now his World ⁠Cup participation looks ‌to be in doubt.[/p][p]"[b]Lenny was injured today. ​We have to see what it is. It does not look ​good[/b]," Nagelsmann told a press conference ahead of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/germany-ptQide1O/usa-fuitL4CF/?mid=dOR51pNF"]Saturday's friendly with the World ⁠Cup co-hosts[/a].[/p][p]"[b]We ​will go to the hospital to get scans calmly. Don't start driving after him. Leave him alone[/b]," Nagelsmann said. "[b]You'll get the ‌news. He needs to process the situation himself[/b].[/p][p]"[b]We need a diagnosis first and we will inform you whether we can hopefully continue with him or nominate someone else.[/b]"[/p][image alt="Karl's Bundesliga stats this season" id="1d544e14-c774-42f9-86fc-bc5767be0a65" credit-line="REUTERS / Angelika Warmuth / Opta by StatsPerform" guid="76595bd2-ffbc-4c47-9086-f5b3c14284b2" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]The four-time champions have set their sights on winning the title after shock first-round exits at the previous ‌two tournaments, in 2018 and 2022.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a] ​have not tasted international success since ‌winning their last World Cup title in Brazil in 2014.[/p][p]They are in Group E and kick off their campaign against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/curacao/bLLGpOkQ/"]Curacao[/a] on June 14th ⁠before facing ⁠the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ivory-coast/G2FRjBgn/"]Ivory Coast[/a] ‌and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ecuador/8tbm8Tri/"]Ecuador[/a].[/p]