There was a blip in Germany's preparations for the World Cup when Antonio Rudiger had to be pulled apart from Joshua Kimmich after the pair clashed following a strong tackle from the Chelsea defender.
In a bid to impress Germany coach Joachim Low during their pre-World Cup training camp, Rudiger made a nuisance of himself as he hounded Kimmich before putting in a heavy challenge.
The Bayern Munich player took objection to the tackle and in the heat of the moment the pair squared-up to each other during what was meant to be a routine training session on Tuesday.
The pair went head-to-head during the bust up, according to Bild, before assistant coach Miroslav Klose had to seperate them.
Germany are currently training in Eppen, Italy, as they get ready to launch a defence on the World Cup, having won it in 2014.
There was more concern for the holders during the session after Julian Draxler took an elbow to the face and needed treatment.
After a timeout and an ice pack the PSG winger was able to continue, though Low would have envisaged a smoother day of training.
Low is yet to name his final 23-man-squad and with four players set to be cut ahead of the deadline on June 4, the players are fighting for their final position in every training session.
Germany are set to face Austria this week in a friendly before wrapping up their preparations for the tournament against Saudi Arabia.
They will then head to Russia and kick-off the World Cup against Mexico on June 17, with games against Sweden and South Korea completing Group F.
BiodunOgunyemi
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by giving your country team player injuring will make you impress your coach or what That sound so immature and foolish of Rudigar I never for a seconds appreciate is football skillz
depbclmny
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He has always been like that..Very aggressive defender! I'm sure Low will select him because of his hunger and passion.. If I was a coach, I'd be impressed to see such hunger from my players but i would act like I didn't like it just for precautionary measures.. #BRAVO RUDIGER! DYNAMITE YOU!!
Ademokoya50samuel199
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I like rudigar but he shouldn't have fight at the training ground at least they should have show a big respect to their country instead of fighting but still love you ......no know they carry last sha .
MaziJaka
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Dailyfail with their negative headline and report about Chelsea players even in International duty. The British press should stop the hate about anything Chelsea and move on. Despite all these hate and negative reports, Chelsea FC still doing better than they ones the press praise up and down.
De_Dean
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This was just training, yet players were this agressive amongst themselves
MWP7
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Lack of emotional intelligence and competence will deeply devastate various national teams in Russia FIFA World Cup 2018 not just Germany. When stake is high in sport tournament emotions take over and national team golden opportunity to play well and win.