🇩🇪 Germany

Nagelsmann typically lines up in a 4-2-3-1, with Joshua Kimmich and Aleksandar Pavlovic forming a disciplined double pivot that allows the team to press high and recover quickly. David Raum pushes aggressively from left-back, overloading wide channels, while Musiala drifts inside from the right to create numerical advantages. Build-up is patient through the centre before accelerating rapidly once a line is broken, with Wirtz operating as the creative link between midfield and attack.

Watch Jamal Musiala for the moments that make crowds gasp — his ability to ghost past defenders in tight spaces at Bayern Munich makes him one of the most unguardable dribblers at the tournament. Florian Wirtz, now sharpened by Liverpool's high-intensity environment, offers incisive through-balls and late runs into the box that defenders consistently misread. Kai Havertz provides the physical presence and intelligent off-ball movement that gives Germany a genuine aerial and hold-up threat through the middle.

Germany's greatest asset is their density of elite club-level talent in central areas — Kimmich, Pavlovic, Wirtz and Musiala all play for top European clubs and combine technical quality with tactical intelligence. Rüdiger's aerial dominance and aggression at Real Madrid gives the backline a commanding defensive anchor.

The striker position remains genuinely unsettled — Havertz offers movement but not prolific finishing, and neither Undav, Beier nor Woltemade has proven themselves at this level. Germany also showed at Euro 2024 that they can be exposed by high-quality pressing sides, with Schlotterbeck occasionally vulnerable when forced to play out under pressure.