Germany is certainly among top five nations in the world. “Die Mannschaft“ conquered the world four times (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014) while finishing second the same number of times. They were champions of Europe three times, but the last title was some time ago (1996). For various reasons, the Germans haven‘t been able to win a trophy in recent years, and their last success was eight years ago, when they won the FIFA Confederations Cup. This was tenth and last competition for FIFA, who decided not to organize it anymore in order to make way for the FIFA Club World Cup expansion and the Arab Cup. So, UEFA‘s National League is the first opportunity for coach Julian Nagelsmann to finally bring some kind of trophy to Germany.Germany vs Portugal in Munich 🤤Semi-finals ⌛️#NationsLeague pic.twitter.com/gDoOO07kdc— UEFA EURO (@UEFAEURO) June 4, 2025 But, there are some strong teams in the final tournament and the Germans will face Portugal first in the semi finals. If they win, there is even a greater task in the finals – the winner of the France – Spain game. And while the Portugal coach Roberto Martinez doesn‘t have to worry who will start in attack (Cristiano Ronaldo), Nagelsmann had to organize a special session to decide the starter. Before this training session, it was believed that Stuttgart forward Nick Woltemade would start. The youngster (23) had a great season and deserved a maiden call-up, but the veteran won the battle at the very end and gave Nagelsmann additional headache.Neymar: “Florian Wirtz? No, I don’t know him”According to Bild, the coach organized a small internal tournament, the winning team was the “Oldie Team” with Niklas Fullkrug (32), Joshua Kimmich (30), Oliver Baumann (35), Leon Goretzka (30), Serge Gnabry (29), Pascal Gross (33), Robert Andrich (30) and Robin Gosens (30). And the West Ham striker was named best player and this was even shown prominently on the video wall at the training ground. Player of the tournament: Fulle – with a photo of Fullkrug. Baumann was later added as another player of the tournament. Naglesmann talked about it at the press conference but paid compliments for both strikers.”Fulle has trained very well, and Nick has trained well too. Sure, Fulle might be a bit more present in training because he’s been there longer and knows everyone better. Nick made a good impression; he’s a good guy. I’ve heard a lot of positive things about Sebastian Hoeness, including from his time at Bremen. And I can only confirm that. He’s a pleasant player to be around, both within the team and in the team. The feedback he gave me was well received and he’s been well-received. He’s also a good goal threat, good in front of goal. After the season, he should also have more confidence. They are still different types of strikers, we haven’t yet decided 100% who will start. Maybe we’ll start with both of them, that could also be the case” said the German coach.##NAJAVA_MECA_8963149##UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE – SEMIFINALSWednesday 22.00: (1.95) Germany (3.80) Portugal (4.00)Thursday 22.00: (2.40) Spain (3.40) France (3.20)***odds are subject to change***
