IRNA - Germany's renowned kicker sports
magazine on Thursday seriously doubted whether Bayern Munich midfielder Ali
Karimi will ever be able to play at the top international level following
his woeful performance in his team's 4-0 friendly thrashing at Spanish
football powerhouse FC Barcelona.
"Indeed one has to pose the question whether players like (Ali) Karimi,
(Julio) Dos Santos or also (Martin) Demichelis -all of whom are not fit at
the present time - will ever be able to reach the top international level,"
kicker wrote in its post-analysis of the Bayern-Barcelona match.
Karimi whose contract with Bayern expires at the end of this season, played
70 minutes in the Barcelona game and was replaced by German international
Bastian Schweinsteiger.
