Overview
- Germany faces the Ivory Coast on Saturday, June 20 at 22:00 MESZ in Toronto and the game will be shown live on ZDF with a free Joyn livestream.
- Coach Julian Nagelsmann signalled he will largely keep the side that beat Curaçao 7:1, with Leroy Sané likely to start and Joshua Kimmich assigned a key defensive role to limit Yan Diomandé.
- The match plan calls for Manuel Neuer behind a back four of Kimmich, Jonathan Tah, Nico Schlotterbeck and Nathaniel Brown and for wide attackers to help defensively when needed.
- Real Madrid issued an official statement on June 20 saying it had not contacted Michael Olise, countering media reports of an offered fee near €220 million while separate reports say Bayern are exploring an extension for Olise to 2031.
- MagentaTV holds pay rights to all 104 World Cup matches with 44 exclusives while ARD and ZDF will show 60 games including all Germany matches, and German cities have not organised official fanmeilen so supporters must rely on pubs, beer gardens or private viewings.