20-year-old Appelkamp was already part of the South Tyrol training camp for Stefan Kuntz’s side, with him and VfL Bochum’s Armel Bella-Kotchap helping make up numbers with some players still have games at club level to complete. Both of them have already travelled with the team to Hungary so that cover is immediately available.
The Germany U-21s will take on Denmark in the U-21 EURO quarterfinals on Monday, May 31 from 21:00 CEST.