Germany - France: Summit at Allianz Arena!
(Baonghean.vn) - At 1:45 a.m. on September 7 (Vietnam time), coach Joachim Loew and his team will host the reigning world champions - France at Allianz Arena, within the framework of the UEFA Nations League 2018/2019 group stage.
Football fans are eagerly awaiting the fierce clash between the two great powers of European football in particular and world football in general. People are curious to see whether the “Gaul Rooster” can prove its position as the reigning world champion against the “Tank” Germany, or not? And whether coach Joachim Loew and his team can regain the reputation of the team with the most achievements in world football, or not?
At the 2018 World Cup, France and Germany had completely opposite results. While Deschamps and his team convincingly won the Gold Cup, Kroos and his teammates had to pack their bags and return home in the group stage (losing to South Korea 0-2).
At the end of the biggest football festival on the planet held in Russia, experts all agreed that France will continue to dominate world football for many more years. As for Germany, there were controversies related to midfielder Ozil (a player of Turkish origin who left the national team).
 |
| German players were disappointed after being eliminated in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup. Photo: Internet |
However, for the above reasons, we cannot rush to judge Germany as being below France. No one dares to underestimate the strength of the team nicknamed Mannschaft. The failure at the 2018 World Cup was just a “low note”, an “accident” for coach Joachim Loew and his team.
Objectively speaking, Germany is still a powerful force in European and world football. Currently, coach Joachim Loew still has a series of star-class players in his squad, such as: Neuer, Kroos, Boateng, Kimmich, Muller, Werner…
Not only that, in this match, Germany will host France at the Allianz Arena. The cheers of thousands of home fans are a dose of Doping to stimulate the fighting spirit of Kroos and his teammates. In the past, Germany had a better head-to-head record in meetings in official tournaments.
According to statistics, in 5 meetings (4 times at the World Cup, 1 time at the Euro), Mannschaft won 3, lost 2. This is the basis for coach Joachim Loew and his team to believe in another victory against France.
 |
| France won the 2018 World Cup very convincingly. Photo: Internet |
On the other side of the front line, the reigning world champions are showing some rather difficult problems. What is giving coach Deschamps the biggest headache is the form of his key players.
Midfielder Pogba is underperforming at Man Utd, center-back Umtiti is in alarming decline at Barcelona, and goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris is also losing his way at Tottenham (driving drunk just 3 days before the Man Utd - Tottenham match)...
Experts and French fans are worried that after their success at the 2018 World Cup, coach Deschamps' players will fall prey to complacency due to being satisfied with titles, leading to a lack of motivation to compete.
Up to now, many teams have fallen into that situation. Spain at the 2014 World Cup (eliminated in the group stage) is a typical example. If Hugo Lloris and his teammates are infected with the above disease, they will hardly avoid defeat against a high-class opponent like Germany.
In short, it is not yet known what the result of the match between Germany and France will be, but one thing is for sure: the battle at Allianz Arena cannot help but be exciting./.