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Maximilian Arnold and Max Kruse will play for Germany in Tokyo
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Nils Petersen was the tragic hero in the final of the 2016 Olympic soccer tournament: the Freiburg man lost his nerve in the penalty shoot-out against Brazil, and Germany lost very close in Rio de Janeiro and had to be content with silver.
Five years later, the DFB-Elf has the chance to take revenge: On July 22nd, the team trained by Stefan Kuntz will meet the Seleção again at the start of the group phase.
The German women's national team, which won the gold medal in 2016, missed the qualification.
The game is played in seven different stages.
Among others in Japan's capital Tokyo (National Stadium and Ajinomoto Stadium), Saitama, Yokohama, Kashima, Sapporo and Rifu.
The groups
Group A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France
Group B: New Zealand, Korea Republic, Honduras, Romania
Group C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia
Group D: Brazil,
Germany
, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia
The game plan
Games of the German team:
July, 1:30 p.m .: Germany - Brazil (live on ARD)
July, 1:30 p.m .: Germany - Saudi Arabia
July, 10:00 a.m .: Germany - Ivory Coast
Group A
July, 10:00 a.m .: Mexico - France
July, 1:00 p.m .: Japan v South Africa
July, 10:00 a.m .: France - South Africa
July, 1:00 p.m .: Japan v Mexico
July, 1.30 p.m .: South Africa - Mexico
July, 1.30 p.m .: France - Japan
Group B
July, 10:00 a.m .: New Zealand v South Korea
July, 1 p.m .: Honduras - Romania
July, 10:00 a.m .: New Zealand v Honduras
July, 1:00 p.m .: Romania v South Korea
July, 10:30 a.m .: Romania - New Zealand
July, 10:30 a.m .: South Korea - Honduras
Group C
July, 9:30 a.m .: Egypt - Spain
July, 12:30 p.m .: Argentina - Australia
July, 9:30 a.m .: Egypt - Argentina
July, 12:30 p.m .: Australia - Spain
July, 1:00 p.m .: Australia - Egypt
July, 1 p.m .: Spain v Argentina
Group D
July, 10:30 a.m .: Ivory Coast - Saudi Arabia
July, 1:30 p.m .:
Germany
- Brazil
July, 10:30 a.m .: Brazil - Ivory Coast
July, 1:30 p.m .: Saudi Arabia -
Germany
July, 10:00 a.m .: Saudi Arabia - Brazil
July, 10:00 a.m .:
Germany
- Ivory Coast
Quarter finals
July, 10:00 a.m .: 2nd group - 2nd group D.
July, 11:00 a.m .: 1st group A - 2nd group N
July, 12:00 noon: 1st group D - 2nd group C.
July, 1:00 p.m .: 1st group B - 2nd group A.
Semifinals
August, 10:00 a.m .: Winner quarter-finals 4 - Winner quarter-finals 3
August, 1 p.m .: Winner quarter-final 2 - Winner quarter-final 1
Bronze game
August, 1 p.m .: losers semi-final 1 - losers semi-final 2
Gold game
August, 1:30 p.m .: Winner semi-final 1 - Winner semi-final 2
The German squad
Stefan Kuntz was allowed to nominate three players who were born before 1997.
The biggest surprise is Max Kruse, who has not worn the DFB jersey since 2015.
Goal:
Svend Brodersen (Yokohama FC), Florian Müller (VfB Stuttgart), Luca Plogmann (Werder Bremen)
Defense:
Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), Amos Pieper (Arminia Bielefeld), David Raum (TSG Hoffenheim), Jordan Torunarigha (Hertha BSC), Felix Uduokhai (FC Augsburg), Kevin Schlotterbeck (SC Freiburg)
Midfield / Striker:
Ragnar Ache (Eintracht Frankfurt),
Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg), Max Kruse (Union Berlin), Eduard Löwen (VfL Bochum), Arne Maier (Hertha BSC), Marco Richter (FC Augsburg), Anton Stach (SpVgg Greuther Fürth), Cedric Teuchert (Union Berlin)
Olympic soccer tournament on TV
The games of the German national team are broadcast on ARD or ZDF.
Encounters without German participation will possibly be seen in the live stream on the pages of the public broadcasters or on Eurosport 1 and 2
The women's game plan
The women's tournament starts on July 21st with the match between Great Britain and Chile.
A total of twelve countries compete against each other in three groups.
Only one team from one confederation could be drawn into each group.
The German team is not qualified for the Olympics after a 2-1 defeat in the 2019 World Cup quarter-finals against Sweden.
Group E
July 9:30 a.m .: Great Britain v Chile
July, 12.30 p.m .: Japan v Canada
July, 9.30 a.m .: Chile - Canada
July, 12:30 p.m .: Japan v Great Britain
Group F.
July, 10:00 a.m .: China - Brazil
July, 1 p.m .: Zambia - Netherlands
July, 10:00 a.m .: China - Zambia
July, 1 p.m .: Netherlands-Brazil
Group G
July, 10:30 a.m .: Sweden - USA
July, 1.30 p.m .: Australia - New Zealand
July, 10.30 a.m .: Sweden - Australia
July, 10.30 a.m .: New Zealand v USA
Quarter finals
July, 10:00 a.m .: 2 Group F - 2nd Group E
July, 11:00 a.m .: 1st group E - 3rd group F or G
July, 12:00 noon: 1st group G - 3rd group E or F
July, 1 p.m .: 1st group F - 2nd group G
Semifinals
August, 10:00 a.m .: Winner Game 20 - Winner Game 22
August, 1 p.m .: Winner Game 19 - Winner Game 21
Bronze game
August, 10:00 a.m .: loser semifinals 1 - losers semifinals 2
Gold game
August, 4:00 a.m .: Winner semi-final 1 - Winner semi-final 2
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