{"id":1842,"date":"2018-05-29T18:06:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T23:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2018-05-30T08:07:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T13:07:28","slug":"germany-get-boateng-boost-ahead-of-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1842","title":{"rendered":"Germany Get Boateng Boost Ahead of World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/JeromeBoatengGermanFootballer_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/JeromeBoatengGermanFootballer_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/JeromeBoatengGermanFootballer_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Jerome Boateng has provided a boost to Germany&#8217;s World Cup squad by stepping up his return to training following a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Bayern Munich defender missed the final month of the season after the injury forced him off in the first half of his side&#8217;s Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>But he posted a video on Twitter on Tuesday evening which showed him going through drills with the ball in training, captioned: &#8220;Finally the ball back on my feet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Boateng played in all seven games of Germany&#8217;s victorious 2014 campaign in South Africa and has won six successive Bundesliga titles and the 2013 Champions League with Bayern.<\/p>\n<p>Boateng was on of six centre-backs named by national team boss Joachim Low in a 28-man preliminary squad for this summer&#8217;s tournament in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Club-mates Mats Hummels and Niklas Sule, Antonio Rudiger of Chelsea, Borussia Monchengladbach&#8217;s Matthias Ginter and Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s Jonathan Tah are Low&#8217;s other options.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1842\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1842&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1842\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1842&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-1842\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1842&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1842\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerome Boateng has provided a boost to Germany&#8217;s World Cup squad by stepping up his return to training following a hamstring injury. 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