World Cup Preliminary-Germany VS Luxembourg: The situation is grim, Germany may be eliminated from the group for the third consecutive World Cup

Brazil, Italy, and Germany, the three kings of the World Cup, have been embarrassed in recent years.

Brazil, which has won the World Cup five times, last won the championship in 2002. Italy, which has won the World Cup four times, is the worst. After being eliminated from the group stage in two consecutive World Cups in 2010 and 2014, it missed the main competition in two consecutive World Cups in 2018 and 2022. Germany, which has also won the World Cup four times, is only slightly better than Italy. It was eliminated from the group in two consecutive World Cups in 2018 and 2022.

In the quarter-finals of the last UEFA Nations League, Germany PKed Italy. Whether they advance or not is of little practical significance, but it is related to whether the European region of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers can fall into a relatively easy group. The winner of the two rounds of Germany VS Italy will be in Group A with Slovakia, Northern Ireland, and Luxembourg, while the loser will go to Group I with Norway, Israel, Estonia, and Moldova.

In the end, Germany eliminated Italy.

Group I is obviously difficult. Norway, led by Haaland, is no longer what it used to be. Italy currently ranks second with 9 points from 4 games, 3 wins and 1 loss. Norway leads the way with 15 points, winning 5 games. It has 6 points more than Italy in 1 game. Italy has little hope of competing for the top spot in the group.

But Germany in Group A is even more disappointing. It currently ranks third with 3 points from 2 games, 1 win and 1 loss, 3 points less than the top Slovakia, the same points as the second Northern Ireland, and one less goal.

Sky Sports Germany believes that Germany’s prospects for drawing lots for the 2026 World Cup are not optimistic.

Germany VS Luxembourg

Nature of the match: Round 3 of Group A of the European Group Stage of the World Cup

Match time: 2:45 on October 11

Germany is currently ranked No. 1 in the world by FIFA 12. If it directly advances to the 2026 World Cup, it will be placed in the second pot. In the group stage, it will inevitably encounter a host or the top nine teams ranked by FIFA: Spain, France, Argentina, England, Portugal, Brazil, Netherlands, Belgium, and Croatia.

Then it will be difficult to qualify from the group.

If Germany wants to enter the first tier, it must defeat Luxembourg and Northern Ireland in the world preliminaries. It also hopes that Morocco, Italy, and Croatia, which are currently ranked above them in FIFA, will lose points in the same competition.

There is a worse situation. If Germany advances through the play-offs, it will automatically be placed in the fourth gear, which is the lowest gear, and it will be more difficult to qualify from the group.

German star Matthaus criticized the German national team coach Nagelsmann in an interview, "The experimental phase must be over, both in terms of tactics and personnel. The team needs to run in, and even the game against Luxembourg must be used for this purpose because even if it faces a weaker The opponent can also practice tactical coordination. "

Germany has 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 10 games in all competitions. In the last round of World Cup preliminaries, they defeated Northern Ireland 3:1 at home, ending their three-game losing streak in both the UEFA Nations League and World Cup preliminaries.

Luxembourg has 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses in the past 10 games in all competitions, and has lost 2 consecutive games at the beginning of the world preliminaries.

In this battle, Germany, playing at home, is still worth looking forward to.