Germany-France is a friendly and is played on Tuesday at 9 pm: news, stats, TV, streaming, likely lineups, predictions.
The mammoth Signal Iduna Park, “home” of Borussia Dortmund, will host the luxury friendly between Germany and France, two big names in European and world soccer as well as two bitter rivals also for non-football reasons.
The Germans are not taking part in the qualifiers for the upcoming European Championships because they will have the burden and honor of organizing them next summer. They have only played friendly matches in the last period but there has not been the expected change of pace following the resounding flop in Qatar, with Germany eliminated already after the group stage and unable to finish at least second in a group with Spain, Costa Rica and Japan. The straw that broke the camel’s back was last Saturday’s 4-1 defeat in the test against Japan, which had already handed the Mannschaft an upset in November. The federation ran for cover, deciding to exonerate Hans-Dieter Flick, the former Bayern Munich coach who, after winning everything at the helm of the Bavarians, had taken Joachim Low’s place. An unexpected but no longer postponable “earthquake” given that in the last five friendlies Germany has recorded four defeats and one draw.
Germany starts again with Voller
He will act as a ferryman, at least until a replacement is chosen, former Roma striker Rudi Voller, who previously served as selector in the early 00s.
Mbappé and Tchouaméni
In Germany comes a France that is literally dominating its group: after five days it is on full points, with Euro 2024 qualification now in the bag. The vice-world champions are bursting at the seams and scoring goals against them lately is almost impossible, considering they haven’t conceded a goal since the World Cup final with Argentina. Didier Deschamps and his men are fresh from their success against Ireland (2-0), in which Tchouaméni and Inter Milan player Thuram scored. As for the lineups, there will be quite a few changes in Germany, although Voller will be without the talented Musiala. Turnover also for Deschamps, who has to give up milanist Giroud.
The Prediction
Voller, or whoever succeeds him, will have to figure out what is the reason for this short circuit that suddenly halted the growth process of the “new” Germany. This will not be easy to accomplish in a short time, and above all, the Mannschaft cannot be expected to change course against such a strong selection as the French. Transalpinians favored but we do not expect a clear-cut victory by Mbappé and co., even in light of the Germans’ desire for redemption. At least three goals overall.
The probable lineups of Germany-France
- GERMANY (4-5-1): ter Stegen; Henrichs, Sule, Rudiger, Gosens; Kimmich, Gross, Gundogan, Brandt, Muller; Gnabry.
- FRANCE (4-3-3): Maignan; Pavard, Saliba, Disasi, T. Hernandez; Camavinga, Tchouaméni, Griezmann; Coman, Kolo Muani, Mbappé.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
