{"id":578176,"date":"2025-11-18T11:38:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/578176\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:38:27","slug":"german-media-perform-total-u-turn-on-nick-woltemade-just-two-months-on-from-scathing-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/578176\/","title":{"rendered":"German media perform total U-turn on Nick Woltemade just two months on from scathing review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As Germany hammered Slovakia to seal their place at the 2026 World Cup, Nick Woltemade will be delighted with his contribution, and the German press have really changed their tune on the Newcastle man.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Germany cruised to a 6-0 win on Monday night, with Nick Woltemade<\/a> getting the game going with an 18th minute goal.<\/p>\n

It was a typical poacher\u2019s goal from Woltemade<\/a>; his third of the international break after a fine double against Luxembourg on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Given his fantastic start to life at Newcastle United<\/a> and impressive form for his country right now, it\u2019s not surprising that the national press have lavished praise on Woltemade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But, that\u2019s a far cry from what the German media were saying about the big striker just two months ago.<\/p>\n

\"NickPhoto by Alex Grimm\/Getty ImagesNick Woltemade earned awful rating for Slovakia display in September<\/p>\n

The 6-0 victory was a huge one for Germany, not only in terms of World Cup qualification, but also in banishing the disappointment of losing to Slovakia back in September.<\/p>\n

After that 2-0 defeat, the German press were obviously not happy with the players, and Woltemade got some pretty negative reviews after the game.<\/p>\n

BILD did not hold back in their assessment of his performance at the time, writing: \u201cHis astronomical transfer value of \u20ac85m wasn\u2019t evident against Slovakia. Two weak headers went over and wide of the goal, a couple of botched dribbles, and a seemingly half-hearted pressing style. He only played to the end due to a lack of alternatives.\u201d <\/p>\n

Woltemade was given a grade 6 score for his performance, which is actually BILD\u2019s lowest rating.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, BuliNews<\/a> gave Woltemade a 3 out of 10, writing: \u201cWoltemade started brightly, providing a clever backheel pass to Leon Goretzka, but it proved to be a frustrating evening for Newcastle\u2019s new signing. He couldn\u2019t capitalize on the crosses that came his way and lost possession too often.\u201d<\/p>\n

To be fair, Woltemade wasn\u2019t the worst-rated player in the team. Most of the squad got a score of 3, while defenders Antonio Rudiger and Nnamdi Collins picked up a 2. <\/p>\n

\"NickPhoto by Boris Streubel\/Getty ImagesConfidence is flowing for Woltemade now<\/p>\n

There are obviously big expectations on Woltemade\u2019s shoulders<\/a>, but he appears to be bearing that weight pretty well right now and the confidence is clearly flowing for the striker.<\/p>\n

With five goals for Newcastle and three for Germany this month, he\u2019s every reason to be feeling positive. Woltemade said he feels supported by Newcastle<\/a> and that the club has faith in him, and it\u2019s obviously paying off.<\/p>\n

At this rate, he\u2019s almost certain to be on the plane for the World Cup next summer with Germany, and he\u2019ll be the key to any success Newcastle achieve this season, too.<\/p>\n

Stepping into Alexander Isak\u2019s shoes<\/a> was a big deal, but Woltemade is thriving under that pressure, and long may it continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Germany hammered Slovakia to seal their place at the 2026 World Cup, Nick Woltemade will be delighted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824,67409],"class_list":{"0":"post-578176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany","11":"tag-nick-woltemade"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115570509076943983","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}