20:36
The referee team was able to enjoy a short journey to this game, as Bartosz Frankowski, Marcin Boniek and Jakub Winkler traveled from neighboring Poland. The 37-year-old official has been active in European competitions for ten years. So far, however, it has rarely been enough for the really big competitions.
20:28
In the 21 meetings between Germany and Turkey so far, the Turks have only managed one competitive win. There were two more victories in test matches, but the last one was 18 years ago. The most prominent duel between the two nations was in the 2008 European Championship semi-finals, when Germany defeated the “last-minute Turks” mentioned during the tournament 3-2. Under Fatih Terim, Turkey made up or completely reversed deficits in two group games and the quarter-finals, so that they were only in the lead for nine minutes before the game against Germany. A similar spectacle is desired today too!
20:21
Vincenzo Montella is giving priority to his second guard today. Only Abdülkerim Bardakçı, Ferdi Kadıoğlu and İsmail Yüksek were in the first eleven against Croatia and Latvia. There are some better-known names on the bench with goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır and Salih Özcan. However, the team’s most famous name and captain, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, is missing due to a respiratory infection. In addition, his wife is about to give birth to the child, so that should be the priority.
20:13
Since the game against Mexico, a lot has changed in terms of personnel in the German team. The reason for this is experiments, failures and returns. With Marc-André ter Stegen, Robin Gosens, Niklas Süle, Pascal Groß, Jamal Musiala and Thomas Müller, six players who started in the last game are on the bench or are out for this game. Kevin Trapp, Benjamin Henrichs, Julian Brandt, Kai Havertz, Joshua Kimmich and Niclas Füllkrug start.
20:03
Turkey is basically always a dangerous opponent. However, the performance potential is often a little overestimated or the existing players don’t get their horsepower on the pitch. Since Stefan Kuntz was fired as coach two months ago, things seem to be looking up again. With wins against Croatia and Latvia, the Eurasian country was able to move into first place in the European Championship qualification and is therefore already qualified for the tournament. Today in Germany, with many Turkish fans behind them, a bit of self-confidence can be gained for the final game against Wales.
19:54
A win against the USA, a draw against Mexico: The balance under the Nagelsmann-Wagner duo is not optimal, but a small spark was sown that ideally ignites into real euphoria by the time of the European Championships. In addition to offensive and combative football, Nagelsmann’s nomination is also crucial. With supposedly small names like Marvin Ducksch or Janis Blaswich, he at least promotes the impression of the performance principle. In today’s first home game for the coach, all that’s missing is another win…
19:51
In the third international match under Julian Nagelsmann, Germany will face Turkey. It starts at 8:45 p.m. Welcome!
