"He brings a lot to the table, is carefree, has a playful wit. I'm always of the opinion that it should be based on performance - no matter if someone's 17, 18 or 25. It should also be based on character: Does he fit into the team? In that case, age doesn't matter."
Vivien Endemann got things going right away in the sixth minute with a clever off-the-shoulder run that Linda Dallmann spotted from midfield. The winger, operating on the accustomed flank of the injured Klara Bühl, found herself all alone in the box with defenders trailing behind and finished calmly with a left-foot slotted ball through the keeper's legs.
Germany have quite an exciting year ahead. With a couple interesting friendlies in March, it only gets more interesting as Germany will look to redeem themselves at the 2026 FIFA World Cup after two extremely disappointing World Cups for Die Mannschaft. Soon after that tournament, the Germans will look to put together another strong campaign in the UEFA Nations League.
Germany midfielder Leon Goretzka says United States President Donald Trump has managed to make us feel not only German, but also European. Goretzka, who plays club football for Bayern Munich, in an interview with Die Zeit newspaper published on Wednesday, spoke about the World Cup being hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico, and he suggested Germany and other European teams will be the favourites.
The striker has an extensive career of playing through the German football leagues, spending the majority of his career in the 2. Bundesliga, as well as the German top flight. However, Kleindienst has only improved with age and over the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons, reached new heights. Kleindienst hit his highest goal tally in the Bundesliga last season with an impressive 16 goals last season with Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Germany were met with a lot of criticism for their gesture in Qatar, but Jurgen Mittag, a professor of sports politics at the German Sport University Cologne, believes had they made the quarterfinals things might have been different. "But as it was, they were met with a great deal of ridicule because they were symbolically strong but sportingly weak," Mittag told DW.
Although Klopp is currently working as Head of Global Soccer at Red Bull, a role he assumed after leaving Liverpool in 2024, those close to him insist he has never lost the itch for elite coaching. Real Madrid remain a dream for Jurgen Klopp Red Bull provides him with strategic responsibility and a multi-club sporting vision, but it lacks the emotional, competitive intensity of day-to-day management, something Klopp has admitted he still feels deeply connected to.
We kick things off with this rather typical goal, which admittedly was not anything special. Aleksandar Pavlović passed to Leon Goretzka, who then threaded it to Serge Gnabry, who made no mistake from close range. A goal that really didn't mean too much in the grand scheme of things, but this writer included it because of the Bayern Munich connection.
Germany's Das Reboot roadmap that took a hard look at the grassroots youth academies throughout the country throughout the mid 2000's ultimately reached a crescendo into their 2014 World Cup triumph in Brazil. Reanalyzing the way they looked at investing in their youth throughout German football and changing tactics in an ever-changing footballing landscape, especially in international competition, Die Mannschaft were able to get back on their perch in Brazil,
