World Cup 2026 preview: Germans due for Finals flourish

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GERMANY Last World Cup: Group stage Best result: Champions (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014) FIFA ranking: 10th Record in qualifying: 5 wins, 1 loss, 0 draws Die Mannschaft finished outside the top eight just once, in 1938, in their first 80 years competing in the World Cup. But incredibly, after winning their fourth title in 2014, they crashed out at the group stage in the last two editions, which means they won’t take this seemingly easy group lightly. Germany have had to navigate injury woes. The crocked Marc-Andre ter Stegen could not capitalise on Manuel Neuer’s international retirement, leaving 35-year-old Oliver…

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