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Germany vs Curacao Confirmed Lineups

These are the Germany vs Curacao confirmed lineups for the opening game in Group E. We will also detail the latest team news for each side based on the pre-match press conferences.

Germany will be looking for a strong start and extend their winning run to 10 straight. Curacao, the smallest nation at this year’s World Cup, will be looking to pull off a huge upset and beat the four-time champions.

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Germany vs Curacao Confirmed Lineups and Team News

Germany Team News

Julian Nagelsmann has already been forced to make a change to his travelling squad with the injury of Bayern Munich’s Lennart Karl. The young German manager chose to call up Assan Ouedraogo, a 20-year-old midfielder from RB Leipzig who already has a single international cap.

In Germany’s lone warm-up friendly, they got the better of hosts USA, winning 2-1 with goals from Kai Havertz and Leroy Sane.

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Curacao Team News

Curacao lost 4-1 to Scotland, despite going 1-0 up, however, Dick Advocaat’s men reacted well by beating Aruba 4-0. Tahith Chong will be Curacao’s main attacking threat, and he’ll have to be on top form if his side is to get anything out of this game.

Germany Confirmed Lineup

This will be updated when the lineups are announced.

Curacao Confirmed Lineup

This will be updated when the lineups are announced.

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Frazer is an experienced writer, being the managing editor with MMASucka since 2019. He is the host of the MMASucka podcast and is an author of a six book series on MMA. He has recently started writing for Last Word on Football with a focus on Manchester United.