Soccer - Germany at home European Championships against Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland
The German national soccer team will play Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland in the group stage of the home European Championship 2024. This was the result of the ceremonial draw at the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg.
The Scots will be the opening opponents for the DFB team of national coach Julian Nagelsmann, who was unable to travel by plane to the draw in the north due to the onset of winter in the south, on June 14 in the Munich Arena.
The national team will play against Hungary on June 19 in Stuttgart, and Germany will close out the group stage against the Swiss on June 23 in Frankfurt/Main. The two group winners and the four best third-placed teams will advance to the round of 16, where Germany could face Spain or England. The goal for all teams is the final in Berlin's Olympic Stadium on July 14.
Nagelsmann's selection is back in the doldrums after the disappointing November matches against Turkey (2:3) and in Vienna against Austria (0:2). The European Championship preparations will not resume until March, with test matches against the Netherlands and in France. "The truth will come in the summer," DFB sporting director Rudi Völler said on Friday.
Nagelsmann had major travel problems due to the heavy snowfall and all flights at Munich airport were canceled. The 36-year-old therefore got into his car in the morning and made it to Hamburg on time. His assistant coaches Benjamin Glück and Sandro Wagner, on the other hand, did not make the trip.
Völler and association president Bernd Neuendorf had already arrived in Hamburg before Saturday as important representatives of the European Championship hosts. During the one-hour gala, star tenor Jonas Kaufmann and star violinist David Garrett performed in the concert hall and the drawing of the lots took about 20 minutes.
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Source: www.stern.de
