{"id":167263,"date":"2026-04-12T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=167263"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:50:00","slug":"germany-2026-world-cup-spotlight-the-team-to-beat-%f0%9f%91%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=167263","title":{"rendered":"GERMANY 2026 World Cup Spotlight | The Team To Beat? \ud83d\udc40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vCQOUN7BtY4?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>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 &#038; Cura\u00e7ao, 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.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Germany missteps?<br \/>\n0:35 Nagelsmann issues<br \/>\n1:21 Germany recent results<br \/>\n2:09 Goalkeeper questions<br \/>\n2:56 Germany NEEDS Neuer?<br \/>\n3:56 Is Germany READY?<br \/>\n5:12 How far can they go?<br \/>\n6:05 Projected Starting XI<br \/>\n6:37 Kimmich position<br \/>\n8:40 STRIKER DILEMMA<br \/>\n11:30 Will Neuer go?<br \/>\n13:30 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#germany #worldcup #2026worldcup #spotlight #preview #worldcupprediction #cbssports #cbssportsgolazo #cbs #soccer #football<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vCQOUN7BtY4\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":167264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/167264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}