Time for Group E starring 4-time champs Germany, first-timers Curaçao, Ivory Coast, and Ecuador. Germany The manager Julian Nagelsmann. Since winning the World Cup in 2014, Germany has failed to get out of the group stage in the last two tournaments. Nagelsmann is hoping to buck that trend because they surely can’t go three straight World Cups without knockout stage play. This will be only his second major international competition (outside of the Nations League I guess) after reaching the quarter finals of Euro 2024. Last World Cup Maybe the less said about that, the better. Okay fine, they got knocked out at the group stage in 2022 for the second time in a row. Who’s getting the goals Much like Brazil, anyone could grab a few goals with the way they play. But you’d expect Kai Havertz to lead the charge after an amazing season with Arsenal. Deniz Undav has 3 in 3 for Germany this year so he knows where the goal is. Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz is primed and ready too. If they were a…
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