Secret favorite threatened with elimination
Fear and records in Frankfurt: Who will show the DFB team’s group final?
22.06.2024, 21:00
The next decisions are about to be made at the European Football Championship: For superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, it is a heated duel for group victory, for an underdog it is already a matter of sporting survival.
In terms of sport, the European Football Championship is going brilliantly for the German national team: two games, two wins, goals galore and no injury concerns. The fact that this was not reflected in the group final of Group A in the match against Switzerland on Sunday (9 p.m./Live on ARD, on MagentaTV and in the live ticker on ntv.de) Julian Nagelsmann’s biggest fear is that something will change. The national coach is not worried about the sport, but he is worried about the health of his players.
“I’m not worried about the football aspect, but rather about the risk of injury to the players,” said the national coach. “If things go badly,” they could “end up with cruciate ligament tears.” The grass in the Frankfurt stadium has been criticized for months; it has obviously grown badly, is very slippery and breaks off in large pieces. The grass is particularly problematic for tall players like the central defenders Jonathan Tah and Antonio Rüdiger.
The hosts have already booked their place in the round of 16 with their 2-0 win over Hungary, and a draw would also ensure they win the group. Nagelsmann will not make any changes to his starting lineup. Even impending suspensions have no influence on the national coach’s plans. “I’m not taking the yellow card situation into account because I trust the squad. The players should give it their all until the rule bans them. And then another player will come in who does it just as well,” said Nagelsmann. Switzerland must get at least one point to be sure of progressing or hope that Scotland does not win its game against Hungary.
The match between Scotland and Hungary, which is taking place at the same time, is about Scottish football history: With their first European Championship victory in 28 years, the Scots, probably as third in the group, are looking forward to the historic first European Championship round of 16 in the association’s history. In the 1:1 draw against Switzerland, Scotland showed great improvement compared to the 1:5 debacle against Germany. “We gave it our all,” said midfielder John McGinn: “Hopefully we can repeat that. We still have a lot of room for improvement.”
You can find all highlights from the 51 matches of the tournament Available on RTL+ 15 minutes after the final whistle and a little later also here on ntv.de. You can watch the RTL EM studio with Jan Köppen, Elton, Jana Wosnitza and experts like Stefan Effenberg as well as all the games, goals and emotions every evening at 8.15 p.m. on RTL and on RTL+
Where can you watch the European Football Championship on TV and stream today?
Sunday, June 23, 2024:
Scotland – Hungary in Stuttgart (9pm/MagentaTV**)
Switzerland – Germany in Frankfurt (9pm/ARD and MagentaTV**)
Which DFB players are at risk of being banned?
Jonathan Tah, Antonio Rüdiger, Maximilian Mittelstädt and Robert Andrich were shown yellow cards in the first two European Championship matches. This means that this quartet is at risk of being banned. Individual cards (not potential bans) will only be deleted after the quarter-finals.
Manuel Neuer breaks two records!
For Manuel Neuer, the European Championship at home is a record tournament. In the last group match, the German number one overtakes his former Munich club and DFB colleague Bastian Schweinsteiger as the German record player at a European Championship with game number 18 in continental tournaments. Neuer also overtakes the Italian Gianluigi Buffon in the international goalkeeper rankings.
Who will broadcast the remaining games of the 3rd matchday of the European Championship?
Monday, June 24, 2024:
Croatia – Italy in Leipzig (9pm/*)
Albania – Spain in Düsseldorf (9pm/*)
Tuesday, June 25, 2024:
Netherlands – Austria in Berlin (6pm/*)
France – Poland in Dortmund (6pm/*)
Denmark – Serbia in Munich (9pm/*)
England – Slovenia in Cologne (9pm/*)
Wednesday, June 26, 2024:
Slovakia – Romania in Frankfurt (6 p.m./*)
Ukraine – Belgium in Stuttgart (6pm/*)
Georgia – Portugal in Gelsenkirchen (9pm/*)
Czech Republic – Türkiye in Hamburg (9pm/*)
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