The UEFA Nations League’s inaugural season sees these two heavyweights clash after varying degrees of success at the last World Cup.
Germany became the latest victims of ‘defending champions curse’ as they crash out in the group stages in Russia despite being in a group that we all expected them to thrive in.
Joachim Low is now looking to get his players back among the winners with a successful campaign this time around. He has named almost the same team from the World with Mesut Ozil and Sami Khedira the major absentees, and Leroy Sane securing a return.
France went all the way to win the World Cup in Russia, and the French team seems to still be in celebratory mood ahead of this clash. However, Didier Deschamp would still have the pleasure of picking a team of players who have returned to form for their clubs, and they should compound Germany’s misery here.
These teams have met six times in the last six years, France have won three times, including the semifinal defeat of Germany at Euro 2016, while Germany have won 2 times including eliminating France at the Brazil 2014 World Cup.
