Germany's Karl ruled out of World Cup with injury, Ouedraogo called up

[p]The 18-year-old suffered a ‌muscle bundle tear in his left thigh ‌during training on Friday in Chicago and was ‌taken to hospital. He will be replaced ‌by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ouedraogo-assan/bs71GRSt/"]Assan Ouedraogo[/a].[/p][p][b]"I feel incredibly sorry for Lenny,"[/b] Nagelsmann said. "With his light‑heartedness, his creativity, his pace, ‌and his personality, he fit into ⁠the team perfectly."[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lennart-karl/t0q0DalG/"]Karl[/a] ‌enjoyed a meteoric rise this season as he helped [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]​Bayern[/a] clinch the domestic double and reach the Champions League semi-finals.[/p][p][b]"It is a ​huge shock for him and for all of us that he will miss the World ⁠Cup. It is ​only a small consolation that he is young and still has many tournaments ahead of him,"[/b] Nagelsmann said.[/p][p][b]"With Assan Ouedraogo, we are now ‌getting a player who, similar to Lenny, had a great start with us. He is also highly talented and is meant to play here boldly and freely."[/b][/p][image alt="Karl's stats for the 25/26 Bundesliga season" id="e7ab9ff0-df2b-4a38-b699-1af6a4f70d25" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform (photo by REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth)" guid="74220282-e59a-4fed-a30d-7436cefc9a5c" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a] arrived in the United States on Tuesday for the World Cup starting next week.[/p][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]The Germans, ‌who have not tasted international success since winning their last World Cup title in Brazil in 2014, 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]