Germany’s timing their form ahead of home Euros, will Nagelsmann lead them to the title?

The German national football team was not in a good mood at the end of last year, but now everything seems to be turning for the better. After a successful preparation in March, the Nationelf’s mainstays are getting into shape, can they win the title in front of their home crowd?

Germany is the most successful country in history in terms of medals at the European Championships. In 16 tournaments since 1960, they have won a total of 3 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals. Now it will want to confirm its leadership in front of its home crowd.

Rise under Nagelsmann

After poor results during the autumn, when our western neighbour lost to Japan, Turkey and Austria in preliminary matches, or drew with Mexico and the USA, the team is now on an upward trend under Julian Nagelsmann.

This is evidenced not only by the March scalps of France and the Netherlands in friendlies, but also by the timing of the form of key players. A month and a half before the tournament, two German clubs are in the Champions League semi-finals, and Leverkusen are in the Europa League at the same stage. Of course, the local national team can also enjoy this.

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Manuel Neuer seems to be in a great mood, currently confirming his role as number one ahead of Barcelona’s ter Stegen. The absolutely key news on Nagelsmann and co. is the return of Toni Kroos from Real Madrid. He is having an excellent year this year despite his advanced age and continues to show that a conductor of this calibre is indispensable for Germany as well.

A solid foundation in defence and a flexible offence

Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich has also benefited greatly from the move to the right edge of defence, as he is reliable at the back and can also support the attacking phase appropriately. Real Madrid’s Antonio Rüdiger and Leverkusen’s Jonathan Tah are the mainstays of the back line at their respective clubs.

The offensive trio Florian Wirtz from Leverkusen, Jamal Musiala from Bayern Munich and Kai Havertz from Arsenal are having a great year. Havertz could benefit from the creativity of the first two. However, the latter is more suited to the role of a sub-roster striker, so one could offer to sit Barcelona’s Ilkay Gündogan at the expense of, for example, Niklas Füllkrug.

Nagelsmann will have a wide squad at his disposal, with Bayer Leverkusen’s Andrich already proving himself alongside Kroos, and Bayern Munich’s Leon Goretzka also has great quality. Leroy Sané or Serge Gnabry, who has been plagued by a series of injuries recently, will certainly be lurking for a chance from that club. In defence, we cannot forget Nico Schlotterbeck from Dortmund, Raum from Leipzig or Mittelstädt from Stuttgart.

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Germany are shaping up to have a really interesting line-up and most of their players seem to be getting into form before the end of the season. For Nagelsmann’s squad, the Euros will begin on June 14 with a match against Scotland. They will then face Hungary and Switzerland in the group stage. Can they make it to the top?

Source: UEFA