The 2026 World Cup is less than a month away, and that has our crew taking a look at one of the bigger question marks of the tournament, Germany. The Julian Nagelsmann-led squad is set to be the favorites to take the top spot in Group E. However, their last two World Cups were less than stellar in terms of where they finished. Join Stefano Fusaro & Michael Lahoud as they preview the nation and discuss whether or not they can get back to the form they had in the 2014 World Cup.
0:00 Germany Roster PREVIEW
0:27 Leon Goretzka
0:49 Kai Havertz & Nick Woltemade
1:11 Lennart Karl
1:23 Deniz Undav
1:57 Kevin Schade
2:22 Said El Mala
2:39 Niclas Füllkrug
2:45 Nicolò Tresoldi
3:09 Felix Nmecha
3:28 Angelo Stiller
3:43 Pascal Gross
3:58 Jamie Lewerling
4:06 Anton Stach
4:24 Waldemar Anton
4:36 Nathaniel Brown
5:02 Matthias Ginter
5:22 Leroy Sané
5:56 ROSTER BREAKDOWN
6:34 Rafa Honigstein Objections
8:36 Biggest SNUB?
10:01 Manuel Neuer discussion
11:56 Final Thoughts
12:11 Watch More!
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Rüdiger, Neuer or Sane should never have been selected. Tresoldi, Bisset, Bischof, El Mala..there were way better choices. And the way Nagelsmann handeled the goalkeeper situation, is just horrific.
The host here is impressive though, he knows everything about our players and squad. Great segment, guys! Keep on the great work!
Casual soccer fans think that Germany is an old team in decline. They're actually a young team on the rise, with Woltemade, Wirtz, and Musiala playing in their first world cup together. And Tom Bischoff is not on this list, but might very well make the team.
Maximilian Beier 🖊️
All German players are foreigners heritage crazy all ways
Bro should be coach instead of Nagelsman. Nagelsmans squad looks a lot worse than his prediction…
No Bischof, no Adeyemi, no El Mala, no Atubolu.. insane.
The German Team is FC BAYERN 😂
No Harry Kane?!
Undav Undav Undav
🎉🎉🎉❤🎉🎉🎉
Havertz und Sane raus. Bringen nie Leistung in der N11
W Ballknowledge
that german squad looks terrible. they won't go far
rodriger,tah,sane nuk duhet te jen me gjermanin!
This american guy cooks more than our own trainer
Said el mala , tresoldi and Alex Nubel please for the Germany squad world cup 26 🙏🙏😍😍♥️🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🏆
Burkardt as 9?
Goretzka Don't deserve to the Squad.. Lennart Karl and Pavlovic and also Musiala should be on the Squad.. A German Fan From Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️🇩🇪
Germany’s roster looks strong, but consistency is key.
Germany needs to play that 2014 style with 3 cbs 1 will play as a left back. 1 true right back (kimmich). 5 midfielders 2 offensive and 2 engines and 1 deep lying playmaker/ball winner.
1 striker who can finish in ground in air. And also he should be their outlet for long balls.
So it should be Woltemade Wirtz Musiala Goretzka Pavlovic Stiller Kimmich Tah Bisseck/Rudiger Schlotterbach Neuer
The 2014 bayern had
Klose Muller Ozil Kroos Khedira Schweinsteiger Lahm Boateng Hummels/Per Mertesacker Howoedes Neuer
The similarity is everyone said it won't work before 2014 as there's no RW LW it's idiotic to bench Podolski
And now people would say you can't bench Sane Gnabry
The difference is that Ozil Muller Kroos Khedira Schweinsteiger were all proved with Schweinsteiger as a leader. But this midfield is still unproven individually I mean they are great but not as great. But I have a feeling this will work. The profile is similar
Thank goodness these two aren't in charge of picking the team.
Leaving out Mittelstadt is criminal.
And they were chanting Undavs name that match because they were playing in Stuttgart…where he plays.
Wo Anton Stach?
Correction>tim klein dienst played for heidenheim not hoffenheim, also gross couldnt even make it in the first dortmund team, he will never be in the world cup team
If sane doesn't go to the world cup, I don't see Germany makimmng it to the last 8. Sane is just so good❤😮
This will all depend on what Temu guardiola aka nagelsmann does with his lineup, he still doesn’t know his starting 11… and never has
This team would win the Wc France looks stacked but to be honest they’ll fall short and won’t leave the group stage 😏😏
where is ouedraogo, amiri, führich (wont be there but he was close to be there), beier, bischof (atleast he got mentioned), also where is a kimmich backup? Baku for example
Sane is only used as a Winger because he is fast, his passing and dribble rate is average
Honigstein ;x u sure he´s not actually cheering for israel?
I´m german and i didnt know El Mala was a real player….i thought that was just a nickname for musiala ;x
Woltemade/havertz
El Mala Wirtz Karl
Pavlovic Stiller
Raum schloterbeck Tah Kimmich
Neuer
Thats how we should Play…bring in musiala when the opponent us tired
Even here they managed to sneak an america player in 😂
10:02 Neuer.
Tresoldi with Hannover power ❤
El Mala + Tresoldi won't be picked (More likely Euro 2028). Sane natural winger + his exp will be picked since Gnabry injured. I could see either Adeyemi or Amiri surprise pick 🤔
Führich, Bischof, Mittelstedt.
Karl looks so tiny haha