Klopp dealt another blow with Schlotterbeck out of Serbia clash due to injury

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schlotterbeck-nico/hKLN8mA7/"]Schlotterbeck[/a] rolled around on the pitch in pain on Wednesday during training, covering his face with his hands, while Jurgen Klopp hurried over to his stricken defensive leader. As if the Germany coach did not already have enough to worry about.[/p][p]He had tried to put the results crisis to one side for two hours in the bright sunshine in Herzogenaurach. Then came another setback in the form of an injury scare involving the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dortmund/nP1i5US1/"]Borussia Dortmund[/a] star.[/p][image alt="Schlotterbeck was firmly pencilled in for the defence" id="4a877bc8-0322-488e-9ecb-fdeb8cf5594f" credit-line="ALEXANDER HASSENSTEIN / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP" guid="b32b4b6b-1bbf-4d1c-a535-66c7cb2299d7" original-width="1500" original-height="996" /][p]Before the trip to Munich for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/germany-ptQide1O/serbia-8Kl6iq0i/?mid=zu9F9DWO"]Nations League clash with Serbia[/a], Klopp has lost an important pillar of his team. The new boss is hoping to finally celebrate his first win near Munich's Oktoberfest. Instead, he was suddenly forced to rethink his plans for his third game on Thursday evening.[/p][p]The newcomer [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jeltsch-finn/4GFyNBT2/"]Finn Jeltsch[/a] is ready to step in for Schlotterbeck, who had been with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]German team[/a] as one of six players from 'squad one'.[/p][p]Jeltsch is one of up to nine potential debutants in Klopp's 'squad two' as part of his XXL audition for a brighter future for Germany.[/p][p][b]"Now the next group is coming in. They're rested, so we can do a little more,"[/b] said the German boss.[/p][image alt="Jeltsch could make an unexpected start on Thursday" id="a02fa288-94b6-4d2d-ab36-5f43e8222a3b" credit-line="FEDERICO GAMBARINI / DPA / DPA PICTURE-ALLIANCE VIA AFP" guid="c7d58d36-e564-497f-8796-3f45ec7e4380" original-width="1230" original-height="820" /][p]The fresh impetus is welcome after the worst start by a Germany coach, featuring a 1-1 draw in the Netherlands and a sobering 0-1 home debut against Greece.[/p][infobox id="5a8fbd57-e97c-4bdc-9f6b-fb0fb254e893" /]