Goal.com · Aug 5, 2018
Gotze to use World Cup snub as motivation
Missing out on a spot in the Germany squad for the World Cup hurt the Borussia Dortmund man, but he wants it to push him to the next level.
Mario Gotze has pledged to use his World Cup snub to help push himself to new heights as a player as the Borussia Dortmund midfielder prepares for the new Bundesliga campaign.
Gotze was the man who handed Germany a first World Cup in 24 years when he scored the exta-time winner against Argentina in the 2014 final.
His career has since tailed off though, due to injuries and “metabolic disturbances” and he missed out on a place in Joachim Low’s squad for Russia this year.