The big test in Lyon against France marks the start of the European Championship countdown for Julian Nagelsmann and the DFB team he radically transformed. That’s how he wants to approach the game.
83 days before the start of the European Championship, the German national team starts the year of the home tournament against France. For the team around returnee Toni Kroos, which has been significantly rebuilt by national coach Julian Nagelsmann, the international match in Lyon against the European Championship favorites with star striker Kylian Mbappé is probably the greatest possible test of performance.
Nagelsmann had already announced how he wanted to play at the press conference on Friday. And this is how the DFB team wants to beat France:
However, Nagelsmann cannot yet field his supposed tournament team: In goal, the “eternal” deputy Marc-André ter Stegen replaces the old and new number one Manuel Neuer, who was injured in training on Wednesday.
The former midfield boss Joshua Kimmich will play on the right after being moved to defense, while Antonio Rüdiger and Jonathan Tah are “initially placed” in the center, as Nagelsmann emphasized. In front of Kroos and Andrich, the three “tens” Ilkay Gündogan, who continues to wear the captain’s armband, Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz should ensure finesse. Havertz is preferred to Niclas Füllkrug on the nine.