Sports director Max Eberl wants to switch to fighting mode. After the defeats in the Bundesliga, our self-confidence seems very low, admits Thomas Müller.

With goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, six-man Aleksandar Pavlovic and the two wingers Leroy Sané and Kingsley Coman, several ailing top performers are back in the squad. “We’ll play the game first. What if – life is not a subjunctive, life is in the here and now. We have a difficult task there. We want to try to win."