World Cup qual. - Wiese asks for Germany drop

Eurosport - Mon, 17 Aug 13:07:00 2009

Germany goalkeeper Tim Wiese does not want to play against South Africa and Azerbaijan because he thinks he will get booed by fans loyal to his rivals.

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Werder Bremen's Wiese (right) is competing for the international shirt with Hannover's Robert Enke and Bayer Leverkusen's Rene Adler, and Germany are due to play in their home cities.

Wiese thinks the fans at each ground will boo him if their club favourite does not start and that it would be counter-productive for him to play.

"If I play, I am going to be jeered for 90 minutes long," Wiese told Bild. "I don't want to put myself through that.

"It's not good to be German and jeered by German fans. The team would also suffer."

Wiese thinks Adler should keep goal in the friendly with South Africa in Leverkusen's BayArena on September 5, with Enke given the nod for the World Cup Group 4 qualifier against Azerbaijan four days later in the Niersachsen Stadion.

"I am going to talk to (coach) Joachim Loew about this," he added.

Germany are top of their group with 19 points in seven games, four points clear of second-placed Russia, who have a game in hand.

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  1. I agree. Enought to write him off for the rest of his­ live

    From Half A Brain, on Mon 17 Aug 10:29PM

  2. That should be the end of his international career!

    From R G, on Mon 17 Aug 9:02PM

  3. tim wiese is the calamity james of german­ football...... lol i just remember that game against­ juventus in UCL when they had the game won before his­ colossal blunder cost them the match

    From justin, on Mon 17 Aug 7:05PM

  4. who cares????

    From mrstyches, on Mon 17 Aug 3:15PM

  5. zimbabwe

    From Michael, on Mon 17 Aug 3:14PM

  6. Oh wow I luv it worried about Baffana are u nice one­ for our boys.

    From ish, on Mon 17 Aug 2:57PM

  7. What a wimp.
    Forget him already.

    From keith, on Mon 17 Aug 2:45PM

  8. if he can'r face his own fans, how's he going­ to play in places like the ex-Yugoslav nations, or­ South America, where the public jeers your every move?­ when you have a chance to show you can be a regular for­ a country like Germany, you need to take it.

    From aleksicn93, on Mon 17 Aug 2:33PM

  9. ha! either there are bad supporters or the players lack­ self esteem...

    From dodger, on Mon 17 Aug 1:49PM

  10. what a @#$%

    From liam, on Mon 17 Aug 1:39PM

  11. Thats a way to lose his national shirt. look at what­ good it did bentley. How does he manage to play in­ front of away fans all the time if he doesnt like being­ booed?

    From KarlB, on Mon 17 Aug 1:39PM

  12. Tim weise has put Werder bremen out of every major­ tournament with his monumental blunders. this is a poor­ goalkeeper.

    From iancampbell11, on Mon 17 Aug 1:36PM

  13. this is a suicidal decision by Wiese - already known as­ an inconsistent keeper, asking to be omitted at this­ stage in his career, especially with Neuer, Adler and­ Enke more realistic long-term choices, is a terrible­ idea. He can kiss goodbye any future hopes of being­ Germany no.1

    From Simon, on Mon 17 Aug 1:36PM

  14. whats it with Germans and their goalkeepers, remember­ all the hassle between Jens Lehmann and Oliver Kahn,­ the germans have never heard of the term friendly­ competiton, everything has to be treated like a war­ with them..

    From Darren, on Mon 17 Aug 1:18PM

  15. dear me.

    From david, on Mon 17 Aug 1:15PM

  16. he isn't so brave or strong mentally if he is­ frightened from his own supporters:D

    From Laszlo, on Mon 17 Aug 1:11PM
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