Joachim Low's decision to leave the Manchester City winger of his squad for the World Cup is now looking even more ill-advised after defeat by Mexico
As Lothar Matthaus struggled to come to terms with Germany's shockingly poor performance in their World Cup opener against Mexico on Sunday, he admitted, "What scared me above all else, was that there are no players in the squad with good one-on-one dribbling skills.
"Many times during the game, I thought about the dropped Manchester City star Leroy Sane..."
He wasn't alone. While the views expressed by Matthaus in his Bild column are often ignored by the German public, given his propensity for courting controversy, many others were also questioning the wisdom of coach Joachim Low's decision to leave Sane, the PFA Young Player of the Year, out of his 23-man panel.