Likewise midfielder Jamie Leweling and forwards Tim Kleindienst and Jonathan Burkardt. In total, the current German team has more than a dozen players who have only played for the national team less than 10 times.
Coach Julian Nagelsmann and the German team had a smooth start in the Nations League 2024-2025
On the other hand, the total experience of 451 times in the "Mannschaft" ranks has left when Toni Kroos, Manuel Neuer, Ilkay Guendogan, Thomas Mueller all withdrew after EURO 2024. Rarely has the German team had such a large and synchronized "blood change" as this time. Interestingly, it seems that coach Julian Nagelsmann is successfully steering the "Mannschaft" towards the 2026 World Cup.
There is a huge difference between Nagelsmann's current Germany team and when the 37-year-old coach took charge in 2023. More than a year ago, Nagelsmann was just a "firefighting" solution, when the German Football Association (DFB) fired coach Hansi Flick at the time when EURO 2024 (which Germany is hosting) was approaching. That was the first time in the history of the DFB that a national team head coach was fired. Let's recall how dire the situation was when Nagelsmann accepted the invitation. For both the DFB and Nagelsmann in September 2023, there is no other goal than to play "watchable" in the big tournament right ahead. Nagelsmann's contract is also only short-term, ending right after EURO 2024.
Nagelsmann's job at that time was just to make the experienced pillars show their value. He convinced the star who had left the team, Toni Kroos, to return, even if only to play a few "emergency" matches. The result, as everyone knows: "Mannschaft" really proved to be worth watching. They lost to Spain in the quarter-finals, with the closest possible score, in a context that UEFA itself recently admitted: the referee missed a penalty for the German team.
Having succeeded in the short-term goal of EURO 2024, coach Nagelsmann extended his contract with the DFB. And now comes the long-term story: aiming for the 2026 World Cup. Despite winning the 2014 World Cup, Germany was consecutively eliminated after the group stage of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups and is currently out of the top 10 in the FIFA rankings. The 2024-2025 Nations League is a stepping stone, a great opportunity for Mr. Nagelsmann to review his squad, test new faces as well as develop a fundamental and stable strategy for the German team. Nagelsmann and his team had a smooth start in the Nations League with a 5-0 victory over Hungary and a 2-2 draw away to their main rival, the Netherlands.
Jamal Musiala (recently withdrawn due to injury), Florian Wirtz, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Kevin Schade are all famous players in the "Mannschaft" ranks, although none of them are over 22 years old. Soon, German fans will become familiar with Angelo Stiller, Jamie Leweling, Maximilian Beier... And "Mannschaft" will speak up again in the World Cup arena.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lich-thi-dau-nations-league-dang-cho-doi-nagelsmann-chan-hung-doi-tuyen-duc-185241010225720891.htm
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