Germans Can not scared of Chritiano Ronaldo
➤Liverpool's German national Emre Can says his nationtional side do not fear Ronaldo despite the star attacker and Real Madrid slayed Germany's leading club side Bayern Munich this season
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He is prolonging a trophy hunt that yielded La Liga and Champions League glory in 2016-17 – including five goals across both legs of the quarter-final against Bayern Munich – but Liverpool's Can would welcome the challenge of taking on the former Manchester United favourite.
"Nobody is scared of Ronaldo," he said. "Obviously he is a world-class player, but nobody is afraid of him."
Mexico might at least be a little apprehensive over facing Julian Draxler, who has responded to taking on the captaincy of an experimental Germany squad in Russia by turning in a string of dazzling displays.
The Paris Saint-Germain winger has been granted liberal licence to roam across the midfield and forward positions by Low and created 10 clear goalscoring opportunities during the group stages – more than any other player.
He also weighed in by converting a penalty in the opening 3-2 win over Australia and Can has been impressed by how his fellow 23-year-old has led a side lacking experience at international level.
"He's been a very good leader. He's not the loudest guy, but on the pitch I think you could see his quality in the three games," said Can.
"He is talking to the players, he wants to help and I think he has a lot of experience. He is doing it very well.
"You can see he always wants the ball, always wants to create something on the pitch.
"He wants to score always and you can see that in every game."