Germany face Ivory Coast with last 16 in sight

Ivory Coast test, Saturday

Your next group match is Saturday against Ivory Coast in Houston (1). Win this and the round of 16 is in touching distance after the 7–1 demolition of Curaçao in the Group E opener (2). Ivory Coast have pace and power through their front line. A different test entirely.

Nagelsmann keeping the same spine

Julian Nagelsmann is expected to name a similar side to the one that started against Curaçao (2). Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala, and Felix Nmecha ran the attack. Joshua Kimmich pulled the strings from midfield with two assists. Nathaniel Brown scored from left-back and gave Newcastle scouts something to think about. Manuel Neuer, now the oldest player in Germany national team history, starts again in goal (2). Antonio Rüdiger came off the bench in the opener and may do so again, with Jonathan Tah and Nico Schlotterbeck the likely centre-back pairing (2).