Young striker Lennart Karl, a player for the German football team Bayern Munich, responded to the criticism he was recently subjected to in the best way possible, after he scored a goal that contributed to his team Bayern Munich's victory over Atletico Madrid 2-0 yesterday evening, Tuesday, in the European Champions League.
Aaron Danks, the assistant coach who is temporarily taking charge while coach Vincent Kompany recovers from illness, praised the 18-year-old’s performance, saying: “Karl’s performance was very good, and he culminated in scoring a goal. “We are very happy with him.”
Uli Hoeness, honorary president of Bayern Munich, recently said that the young player needs to show more “humility,” after he faced difficulties at the beginning of the current season, following his brilliance and promotion to the first team for Bayern and the German national team last season.
Karl's relationship with a model and social media influencer also raised some question marks within the Bavarian club, the holder of the league and cup double in Germany.
For his part, German football legend Lothar Matthäus said that Karl should focus more on football, instead of being concerned with appearing in the world of celebrities.
“There's been a lot of hype around Lennart Karl lately,” Danks said. I think he showed a strong personality and a great deal of mental toughness despite his young age. He also has great confidence in himself.”
Bayern Munich captain Manuel Neuer added: “Karl is a very important element in the group, and he proved that again today.”
Karl scored Bayern's lead goal in the 54th minute against Atletico Madrid, and celebrated the goal with his hands over his ears, before making a gesture that suggested that his critics were only chattering.
But the way the young player celebrated was not liked by Mats Hummels, the former Germany defender and current television analyst.
Hummels, who won the 2014 World Cup with the German team, said: “We see this celebration very often at the present time. My son is eight years old, and I already see children performing this movement during his team’s matches, because it has become very popular,” he said, adding that he prevented his son from imitating this celebration.
The Spanish Football Club Tenerife announced that a memorial service will be held for its late striker, Jesus de Miguel, next Saturday, to bid him farewell, in an official statement issued by the club, which is active in the second division.
The club invited all its fans to attend a mass that will be held at Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez Stadium.
The players, technical staff and club management will also participate in Di Miguel's funeral in the city of Nav hermosa, once the date is set.
Rayco Garcia, the club's majority shareholder, said that the player's body would be transferred to Nav hermosa. His family's birthplace, either later today, Wednesday, or tomorrow, Thursday, at the latest; At the request of his family.
The small town in central Spain, about 130 kilometers from Madrid, declared three days of mourning.
De Miguel passed away at the age of 30, leaving behind his partner, Maria, and their daughter, Carla, who was born in June 2025.
The player died in the hospital on Tuesday, after suffering cardiac arrest following a violent collision with the opposing team's goalkeeper, who was rushing towards him during a match in the Spanish second division.
The incident caused widespread shock in Spain. Due to the violent intervention carried out by Jesus Auno, Andorra's goalkeeper, who was sent off for the violation that occurred near the halfway line of the field, in addition to the fact that De Miguel was breathing normally during his transfer to the hospital, after attempts to revive him succeeded.
Deniz Undav, striker of the German football team Stuttgart, is expected not to join the German national team roster that will be announced by coach Jurgen Klopp.
Next Thursday, Klopp is scheduled to announce the national team’s roster in preparation for its matches against Serbia on November 13th and the Netherlands on the 16th of the same month, within the European Nations League competitions.
Undav said, after Stuttgart lost to Turkish Galatasaray 0-2 in the Champions League, yesterday, Tuesday, that he had not yet received any indications of the possibility of being called up to the national team.
The Stuttgart captain responded to a question about how optimistic he was about joining the list, saying: “Not at all.” What can I say? It's difficult to join the national team without scoring goals, isn't it?
Ondav did not score any goal in the German League this season, while he only scored one goal in each of the Champions League and the German Cup.
The striker was outside Klopp's 44-man list for the two international matches last September and October, which is the first list announced by the coach for the German national team since he took over as successor to Julian Nagelsmann.
This period witnessed a debate about Undav's level and physical fitness.
