All 48 teams for the 2026 World Cup have earned their spots, and that means its time for us to look at one of the favorites to go far in the tournament out of Europe, the German National Team led by Julian Nagelsmann. The Morning Footy crew is pleased to be joined by Rafa Honigstein to break down their Group E fixtures vs. Ecuador, Ivory Coast & Curaçao, discussing whether or not they will finish 1st in the group as they are expected too. Plus, the crew chat with Honigstein about the possibilities of Manuel Neuer joining the National Team, despite a tumultuous relationship with Nagelsmann.
0:00 Germany missteps?
0:35 Nagelsmann issues
1:21 Germany recent results
2:09 Goalkeeper questions
2:56 Germany NEEDS Neuer?
3:56 Is Germany READY?
5:12 How far can they go?
6:05 Projected Starting XI
6:37 Kimmich position
8:40 STRIKER DILEMMA
11:30 Will Neuer go?
13:30 Watch More!
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There is a great crop of young German goalkeeping talent coming through the ranks right now. But it’s too early for the World Cup. Not just Urbih. Also have a look at Dennis Seimen (20 years old) of Paderborn who is set to replace Nübel at Stuttgart next season. He has had a brilliant development over the last years and will play at least in the Europa League next season, possibly the Champions League. Stuttgart is currently sitting in third place, though with a difficult program ahead of them.
Speaking of Stuttgart, their Keeper Florian Hellstern is doing great as well with the second team. I’d be surprised if he didn’t move to a bigger club soon, either on loan or being sold outright.
For the World Cup, my first choice would actually be Noah Atubolu of Freiburg. He‘s also still only 23 years old. He does make the occasional mistake, but he has great reflexes and might be the best shot-stopper in Germany right now. Plus, he‘s a beast against penalties which may well come in handy at a World Cup. But as it stands he‘s in a fight with Urbig for third keeper.
American commentators get their ball knowledge from ChatGPT and it shows…..
Contender? Not with Nagelsmann…
People that don't watch bundesliga rating a team mainly consisting of Bundesliga players ah video
Nagelsmann has not learned from his man management mistakes at Bayern.
He needs to realize this is his last big job
Germany will go out early again. Not good enough to be a close contender
I am usually amused by those predicting the outcome of a football world cup. (If anything the octopus – or whatever animal is being used – usually makes better predictions than the human experts.) It is true that Germany does not have the greatest time compared to 2014. However, this is football and the strangest things can happen. In 2002, Germany had a very mediocre team and they reached the final. In 2006, Italy barely made the WC but then won the tournament. I thought Germany had a good chance of winning the semi-final against Brazil in 2014 but I expected a close match, not a 7:1 victory. And the best team does not always win. The best team in 1974 was the Netherlands. I still remember how easily the Dutch dismantled the Brazilians. Still, West Germany won the WC in a dramatic final against Cruyff and Co. Personally, I hope an African team wins it for the first time.
No, they are not the team to beat. Too many defensive frailties including at the goalkeeper position. Spain, France and Argentina are currently better teams.
Nagelsman ego, is the biggest issue for the German team, period
Brazil will be no problem to beat für germany, but I cant see them beat France
Neuer had a huge FALLOUT with Nagelsman at Bayern, when Nagelsmann fired Tapalovic… that is why he won't come back.
Don't spread lies about Nagelsman, Klopp, that aren't true, just to get your clicks.
Honigstein so ein dulli , absolute Null
German sports journalists seem to look for stories/possible scandals (digging up Neuer's past disappointment about Nagelsmann's goal coach firing, and suggesting an oftentimes pale Undav Рwho did not perform as a striker, except when San̩ assisted him for the goal in the match against Ghana, and as a starting, scoreless player against Dortmund recently Рshould be a definite starting player in the team). It's a pity Nagelsmann is not respected but challenged by wanna-be journalist football coaches/experts (despite his praised EuroCup coach performance, degraded by a poor referee's decision against Spain).
dont measure quality by knockout on quarterfinals 2024. The loss was against spain the champions and a very tight one. It was basically the final where germany could have also won on another day with shots on the post and a hand ball not given on a blocked ball that would have gone in goal..
nagelsmann is one of the best club managers but coaching a national team is different. you cant limit yourself with only playing your favored system, you need to adapt and finding the best german players right now and put them in a fitting system – not in a nagelsmann system
KLOPP IS WAITING
as a german, we are cooked ITS OVER
Even Atubolu would be a very good option at goalkeeper and he is not even nominated, these guys have no clue what so ever. They might as well call it soccer…
We got 99 problems, but the GK is none.
Germany used to be like Real Madrid. Wear white, keep it tight and hit you silly when you make mistakes. Somehow they lost this mentality after Pep came to Germany and coached Bayern. Now they have many skilled players, but don't have the old German mentality.
We never had GK problems and never will. Yes, Neuer is gone for the national team. And yes, there’s no other like him. But there are world class GK in abundance in this country.
13:20 I mean urbig is not a regular starter but he has like 20 games for bayern this season.
As a German I can say Nagelsman will be our biggest problem at the WC
If you want to win put Germany 100%blood
Nübel is not the future for the national team or even a bigger German club.
We will have problems this World Cup, goalkeeper is not one of them. Baumann is rock-solid. Ofc he isn't Neuer in his prime but then nobody is.
3 min in, klopp and baumann discussions are not there.. just false info… no knowledge at all
Not at this time…
They are on the way to build up a new team and their comes a new generation.
But misunderstood this is the german team, in a tournament everything is possible. The important thing is , they need to be a real team ( not like 2022)
Yes not all positions were full of worldclass. But Germany needs no 11 worldclass player for playing a good cup. The won the Eurocup 1996 with the Keeper from Nürnberg ( really no Top Club at this time)and with the CDM called Dieter Eiltz from Werder Bremen. They win the 1990 WC with a guy called Buchwald from VFB Stuttgart who take out Maradonna.They reach the final in 2002 with a team never bets a Cent on hem.
Germany in 2026 is a big surprise, but in both ways.
Nagelsmann is the reason, why the best are not playing for Germany or not in their best positions. He ignores nearly all experts like at Bayern, where all players got worse.
Saying the german Goalkeepers are an area of concern just tells me these guys havent watched any of the games.
germany need more talent, nothing the coaches are going to do to fix that. although i am not the biggest fan of julien nagglesman tbh.
Not if Havertz and Sane are starting.
The world cup is 6 to 12 months too early for our team. The talent is not bad but the timing is not great for some of our key players.
We basically need 6 big chances to score and we are bad at defending counter attacks, bad combination. I think we are a top 8 team but nothing more than that.
And I have to disagree with Rafa, Kimmich at RB will be a problem even in the group stage, especially against Ivory Coast with the winger talent and pace they got. Brown as an inverted RB with Kimmich+Pavlovic in the middle would be the best solution
We are winning nothing honestly
Germany has alot of talent should not totally rely on Bayern players.
Too early