Germany against Japan now in the live ticker: flick plan with standards?
Created: 11/23/2022 13:56
By: Alexander Kaindl
Around 10,000 German fans support the DFB team against Japan.
© Matthias Koch / Imago
Germany is playing Japan in the first World Cup group match today.
We accompany the game from 2 p.m. here in our live ticker.
Germany - Japan -:- (-:-)
World Cup 2022: opening game for the German national team (all TV information about the game)
Germany vs Japan live today: Flick line-up is here
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1:55 p.m.:
The anthems are played.
The German and Japanese players wear white tracksuits with rainbow colored stripes.
Is that the mini sign you wanted to set after the "One Love" debate?
Germany - Japan -:- (-:-)
Lineup Germany: | Neuer - Süle, Rüdiger, Schlotterbeck, Raum - Kimmich, Gündogan - Gnabry, Müller, Musiala - Havertz. |
Lineup Japan: | Gonda - H.Sakai, Yoshida, Itakura, Nagatomo - Endo, Tanaka - J.Ito, Kamada, Kubo - Maeda |
Gates: |
1:52 p.m .:
Now it’s getting serious for Germany!
The teams are getting ready and coming straight onto the pitch.
1.50 p.m .:
The countdown is on.
What else is there to know about the German team?
DFB President Bernd Neuendorf and national coach Hansi Flick have spoken in advance.
1:42 p.m .:
In the studio, experts Thomas Hitzlsperger and Sami Khedira talk about a possible means of success: standard situations.
After all, the Japanese are up for grabs in header duels.
With Mads Buttgereit, the DFB-Elf has an extra standard expert in the coaching team.
Will that be the key to success?
Germany with a small sign against Japan
1:23 p.m .:
It’s finally starting in a good half hour!
The German players are already on the pitch, warming up.
Hansi Flick is now on the ARD microphone, says: "Of course the boys are dealing with the topic.
But now the focus is absolutely on football.” Will there be a sign from the team instead of the “One Love” armband?
"Let's see," explains the national coach and shrugs his shoulders meaningfully.
During the warm-up, the German team could already be seen with colorful Adidas stripes on their white shirts.
1:05 p.m .:
The Japanese lineup is now there too.
Five Germany legionnaires are in the starting XI: Yoshida, Itakura, Endo, Tanaka and Kamada.
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12.46 p.m .:
Hansi Flick chooses Niklas Süle as right-back in his starting eleven.
Nico Schlottbeck and Antonio Rüdiger defend inside, David Raum comes from the left.
As expected, Ilkay Gündogan starts next to Joshua Kimmich on the six.
Serge Gnabry, Thomas Müller, Jamal Musiala and Kai Havertz should then whirl in front.
Germany vs Japan live today: Flick line-up is here
12:42 p.m .:
The German lineup is here!
The World Cup mission is started as follows: Neuer - Süle, Rüdiger, Schlotterbeck, Raum - Kimmich, Gündogan - Gnabry, Müller, Musiala - Havertz.
12:36 p.m .:
While the German team is slowly getting ready for the group game against Japan, Croatia is currently still fighting for its first win at this World Cup.
After 80 minutes it is still 0-0 in the duel with Morocco.
Bitter from the point of view of the Africans - and also from that of FC Bayern: Full-back Noussair Mazraoui had to be carried off the pitch injured.
Things are not going well for the German record champions, after all, another defender, Lucas Hernandez, has already been seriously injured.
Germany despite "One Love" ban with signs against Japan?
"We will see"
Update from November 23, 12:26 p.m.:
No “One Love” pad.
But still a sign?
A German reaction to the first World Cup game against Japan seems possible.
"We will see.
That kept the players very busy, ”said DFB managing director Oliver Bierhoff a few hours before kick-off on ARD and avoided denying possible actions when asked.
Update from November 23, 11:43 a.m .:
It starts here in about two hours.
Thomas Müller also commented on the "One Love" debate on Tuesday evening.
The discussion about the captain's armband made a lot of headlines recently.
Germany starts today against Japan in the 2022 World Cup
First report from November 23, 11:16 a.m .:
Ar-Rayyan – Here we go!
The German national soccer team will finally start the 2022 World Cup on Wednesday afternoon. There had been a lot of long-distance discussion beforehand.
Now the focus is on football.
Germany has to play against Japan in Group E at the start.
The four-time Asian champion is a strong opponent, peppered with Bundesliga quality: Ko Itakura (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Hiroki Ito, Wataru Endo (both VfB Stuttgart), Maya Yoshida (Schalke 04), Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ritsu Doan (SC Freiburg) and Takuma Asano (VfL Bochum) are in the Blue Samurai squad.
Germany vs Japan today in the live ticker: After the "One Love" scandal, it's finally about football
In the press conference before the first game in Group E, Hansi Flick revealed himself "as a fan of Japanese football".
The national coach went on to say: “The players are very well trained, both tactically and technically.
It is a very big task that awaits us.”
Who is Flick counting on at the start of the much-discussed World Cup, which recently focused primarily on the fuss about the “One Love” bandage?
Already on Wednesday morning there was excitement about the German line-up against Japan.
Germany vs Japan today in the live ticker: Flick probably breaks the Bayern block in the lineup
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reporter Christian Falk reported from Qatar that there could be a surprise on the double six.
"It's a very, very close race," said the expert a few hours before kick-off at the Khalifa International Stadium.
"We're not completely sure yet.
But we heard from the team that it is currently assumed that Gündogan will play.
Goretzka was a bit battered lately.”
That's what the DFB stars from the summer fairy tale of 2006 are doing today
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Germany vs Japan live today: Sané is missing, Gündogan probably in the starting XI
Leon Goretzka suffered a minor injury during the friendly in Oman.
Flick could justify the Bayern star's place in the bank and give City star Ilkay Gündogan confidence, as Falk continues.
Thus he would avoid a first internal Zoff.
One thing is clear: Leroy Sané will be out with slight knee problems.
Whoever is in the starting XI at the end: We accompany the German performance here in our live ticker.
The colleagues from Merkur.de also report live on the game, and there is also a live ticker from fr.de.
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