Hamburg - Former Germany striker Kevin Kuranyi is hoping that he will be given another chance to return to the national team.

The Schalke 04 player was kicked out of the German team by coach Joachim Loew last month after leaving the stadium at half time without permission during a World Cup qualifier against Russia for which he had not been nominated as a substitute.

Kuranyi is quoted in Welt am Sonntag as having said that he is hoping for another chance. "I hope that I have not closed all doors because of one mistake. Some time in the future it will be my goal again to play for Germany. But at the moment everything is fine the way it is."