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Germany vs Japan Stats
Head-to-head document
Matches: 2
Germany: 1
Japan: 0
Draws: 1
Form information
Germany: D-W-L-D-W
Japan: L-W-L-W-D
Starting Lineups are out!!
Germany XI: Neuer (GK), Rudiger, Raum, Kimmich, Havertz, Gnabry, Muller, Musiala, Sule, Gundogan, Schlotterbeck.
Japan XI: Gonda (GK), Sakai, Itakura, Yoshida, Nagatomo, Endo, Ito; Kamada, Tanaka, Kubo; Maeda.
Match Preview
Germany gearing as much as deal with strain in group opener towards Japan
Germany goes into its World Cup Group E opener towards Japan on Wednesday, realizing that this one sport might doubtlessly make or break its match hopes.
With 2010 world champion Spain awaiting subsequent, the Germans can’t afford any slip-up towards the Japanese and danger a possible early exit once more.
The four-time champion has arrived in Qatar, a brand new workforce since its 2018 World Cup first-round shock elimination. It has since modified its coach, and plenty of gamers and even dropped its official monicker ‘Die Mannschaft’.
Those 4 years because the Russian debacle – its earliest World Cup exit in additional than 80 years – have been removed from profitable, with the Germans relegated from the Nations League in 2018 earlier than rule modifications stored it alive within the competitors, after which crashing out of the Euro on the Round of 16 final 12 months.
With new coach Hansi Flick, who received six titles with Bayern in 2021 earlier than taking up simply over a 12 months in the past, the Germans are hoping they now have what it takes to once more make a deep run within the match.
“We have to be prepared for a tough battle against Japan,” mentioned workforce director Oliver Bierhoff this week. “We have to be focused from the very first minute. Then everything is possible with the team.”
What Flick has but to determine, is whether or not he’ll deploy one among his centre forwards, the sturdy and tall Niclas Fuellkrug, towards the Japanese or go together with the choice of shifting a winger corresponding to Kai Havertz into the 9 place.
Fuellkrug has been sidelined for the previous a number of days with the flu.
Despite profitable 9 of its 10 qualifiers Germany has been unconvincing in assault in current months, and requires the usage of a pure goal man have grown significantly louder.
The Japanese know extra about Germany’s sport than most different groups within the match, with no fewer than eight German-based gamers of their squad.
Japan veteran Yuto Nagatomo mentioned these eight, who embody Europa League winner with Eintracht Frankfurt Daichi Kamada, have been continually feeding teammates info on their opponents.
“You don’t even have to ask – in the canteen or on the bus, you’re getting information from everywhere,” mentioned Nagatomo.
Japan has additionally seen Germany’s weak point in defence and their vulnerability towards fast counter-attacks.
An upset within the first match towards the Germans might go a great distance in getting it previous the group stage, identical to it had achieved in 2018 when it narrowly misplaced to Belgium within the Round of 16.
-Reuters
Germany vs Japan Predicted XI
Germany: Neuer; Kehrer, Sule, Rudiger, Raum; Kimmich, Gundogan; Hofmann, Musiala, Gnabry; Muller
Japan: Gonda; Sakai, Tomiyasu, Yoshida, Nagatomo; Morita, Endo, Kamada; Ito, Asano, Minamino
When will Germany vs Japan match happen?
Germany vs Japan FIFA World Cup will happen on November 23 at 6:30 PM IST on the Khalifa International stadium
Where can I watch Germany vs Japan World Cup match LIVE on TV?
The Germany vs Japan FIFA World Cup match can be telecasted stay on the Sports18 Network.
Where can I stay stream Germany vs Japan World Cup match?
Germany vs Japan FIFA World Cup match will be stay streamed on JioCinema.