In 2018, as the defending champions unexpectedly went out in the group stage, continuing the defending champions curse. This year, Germany from hired the head coach Frick, and Frick is the assistant coach who happens to be the 2014 Germany to get the title, so for the campaign for the World Cup, Frick actually has the experience of winning the title. This experience is very beneficial to Germany.
This game, specifically in terms of information about Germany, due to Sane's poor physical condition will not be able to start, and Mukoko and Phil Kruger are both catching the tail end of the national team's roster, and naturally won't be the starter, so tonight's starting center, the odds are that Havertz will be the one to start. Behind Havertz, it's Mushara and Gnabry on either side, and with Muller out of form, Gündoğan will go to start up front; further back, it's the classic Bayern combination of Gretzka and Kimmich. The center back combination is Güller and Rüdiger, and the two wing backs are Raum and Kriel.
After playing a warm-up match against Canada, Japan was also defeated 1-2 due to the fact that the absolute key players such as Hidemasa Morita, Koh Endo and Kenyo Tomiyasu didn't play in the match. Prior to this match, Mori Baoichi said that all 26 players in the squad are physically fit to play in this match. This means that Japan can face Germany with the strongest starting lineup on paper.
The previous warm-up match against Canada exposed one of Japan's big problems, the lack of ability of the center backs to defend against high balls. Even after Maya Yoshida came on as a substitute, it didn't feel any better. Since Japan's backline, previously both Itakura Hwang and Tomoyasu Kenyo were not in good physical condition, and Yoshida Maaya is even a veteran of a relegation team like Schalke, who has been surrounded by Bundesliga strikers all his adult life, Japan's ability to defend against overhead kicks, and the physical condition of the backline, were in fact still not good enough for tonight's match. Havertz is not a proper center forward, but also has a height of 1 meter 90, height advantage and strength advantage, will give Japan to press.
On the strength of the lineup, Japan is now the absolute first in Asia, Germany's image slipped after the last Cup, the strength of this concession, Germany let a lot. However, Japan's defense line hidden danger is very obvious, and Japan's entire central axis are playing in the Bundesliga, there is no mystery to the German players, not to mention that Japan in the side backs have obvious deficiencies, single-defense Gnabry and Mushara will be very strenuous. Japan is a swathe of players who have just recovered, whereas Germany only selects players who are 100% fit, and that's a big difference between the two teams in this match
