The German national football team is starting the World Cup with a game against Japan. Both teams are in Group E together with Spain and Costa Rica and it's no surprise that Germany together with Spain is predicted to qualify for the next round. If we remember what happened 4 years ago, then we should be aware that Germany will do anything to get out of the group. In the last tournament, Germany didn't get out of the group and that was one of the biggest surprises of the tournament.

Motivation should be sky-high not only because of the failure in the World Cup four years ago but also because the team lost in the Euro 2020 quarterfinal and played very poorly in the UEFA Nations League where they had only 1 win, 4 draws and 1 loss. They had 1 friendly game before the tournament and they beat Oman by 1:0. The German national team has an experienced roster. Manuel Neuer will be responsible for safety in the net, Thomas Muller will provide experience in the middle field, and they have also players like Serge Gnabry, Mario Gotze, and the new talent Kai Havertz.

This is going to be Japan's 7th World Cup in a row. The team is one of the best in Asia as they won the Asian cup four times which is the best result among all continent teams. Since September, Japanese players have played 3 games - they beat the USA, drew with Ecuador and lost to Canada. Japan's team has some good players but they lack experience. 11 players from the squad are 25 years or younger. Takumi Minamino has played 44 games for the national team and has scored 17 goals which is the best result in the squad while 34 years old Maya Yoshida is 2nd best with 12 goals in 122 games. Big names like Takefusa Kubo and Ao Tanaka have both been out injured.

There have been way too many disappointments for Germany in the last few years. Fans are expecting big things from the team and I'm more than sure that German players will do everything to make their fans happy. Many German players have played very well in their teams this season and this performance should translate into good results here in the World Cup. Although Japan has shown good results, the Germans are too experienced and better overall so I'm taking Germany in this game.

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德国国家足球队将在世界杯首场比赛中对阵日本队。这两支球队同西班牙和哥斯达黎加分在E组，德国和西班牙一起晋级下一轮并不令人意外。如果我们还记得4年前发生的事情，那么我们应该意识到，德国为了小组出线会不择手段。在上一届世界杯上，德国队没有小组出线，这是本届世界杯最大的意外之一。

他们的动力应该是非常高的，不仅因为四年前在世界杯上的失败，还因为球队在2020年欧洲杯四分之一决赛中输了，而且在欧足联国家联赛中表现非常糟糕，他们只有1胜4平1负。他们在比赛前进行了一场友谊赛，最终以1:0击败阿曼。德国国家队有一个经验丰富的阵容。诺伊尔将负责球网的安全，托马斯·穆勒将提供中场经验，他们也有像塞尔日·格布里、马里奥·格策和新天才凯·哈弗茨这样的球员。

这将是日本队连续第七次参加世界杯。这支球队是亚洲最好的球队之一，他们四次赢得了亚洲杯，这是所有大陆球队中最好的成绩。自9月以来，日本球员已经参加了3场比赛——他们击败了美国，战平了厄瓜多尔，输给了加拿大。日本队有一些好球员，但他们缺乏经验。球队中有11名球员年龄在25岁或以下。Minamino为国家队踢了44场比赛，打进17球，是全队最好的成绩，34岁的吉田玛雅在122场比赛中打进12球，排名第二。像久保武法和田中雄这样的大牌球员都因伤缺阵。

在过去的几年里，德国有太多的失望。球迷们对球队寄予厚望，我非常肯定德国球员会尽一切努力让他们的球迷高兴。本赛季许多德国球员在球队中表现出色，他们的表现应该会转化为世界杯的好成绩。虽然日本队取得了不错的成绩，但德国人太有经验了，整体上更强，所以我选择德国队。