Germany should win easily here.

A new era is under way for the German national team, who head to a major tournament without Joachim Low in the dugout for the first time since 2006.

New coach Hansi Flick has opted to saturate the Germany team with players from the Bayern Munich side he led to the Champions League glory two years ago in 2020. Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmick, Leroy Sane and Jamal Musica are now some of Germany’s biggest stars and the decision to take a more Bayern-based approach yielded a run of seven straight wins at the end of the World Cup qualification.

Flick has been a breath of fresh air and the squad has a terrific blend of tournament experience and promising young players.

They made a bad Nations League where they just won one game (an impressive 5:2 against Eurocup winners Italy) but also lost just one.

Being drawn alongside Spain in Group E isn’t ideal but Germany’s squad is well balanced, with the experience of Thomas Muller and Manuel Neuer complimented by bright young things such as Musiala, Kai Havertz and Nico Schlotterbeck among others. The injury suffered by Timo Werner earlier this month accentuates the lack of an attacking focal point, but Flick has players out wide and in attacking midfield positions to compensate for that.

They look in a much better place than they have done in their last two major tournaments and should not be discounted. Due to the difficulty of this group with Spain, the games against Costa Rica and Japan are a must-win to avoid troubles.

Germany has an experienced manager, who knows how to win trophies;aA lot of leaders and World Cup winners at either end of the pitch; plus a great depth in attacking midfield and down the flanks.

On the other hand, Japan is a weak team here. They have become a staple member of Word Cups in recent years, turning out at each of the last six editions before Qatar, but they had to settle for second spot behind Saudi Arabia in qualifying for this year’s finals. They have several recognisable faces in top European teams like Kubo (Real Sociedad), Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt) or Minamino (Liverpool).

But despite their quality in attacking areas, the Blue Samurai have just struggled to click in the final third, netting only 12 goals in 10 matches in a rather weak qualifying section. That goal tally was only one more than Oman and three less than Australia, and it’s surely a section where they need to improve if they want to qualify in this difficult group.

They have some strength at the back with Arsenal right- back Takehiro Tomiyasu likely to be a regular starter and Maya Yoshida and Yuto Nagatomo bringing experience to the party but more realistic supporters of the Blue Samurai know this is one of the toughest World Cup sections they have ever faced and will be steeling themselves for a battle for third spot. Majority of the squad is inexperienced at major tournament level, and are lacking central midfield strength which will be punished by possession-focused teams like Spain and Germany.

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德国队应该能在这里轻松取胜。

德国国家队迎来了一个新时代。自2006年以来，德国队首次在没有勒夫的情况下征战重要赛事。

新教练汉斯·弗利克(Hansi Flick)选择从两年前他带领的拜仁慕尼黑(Bayern Munich)球队中挑选球员，让德国队在2020年获得欧冠冠军。里昂·戈雷茨卡、乔舒亚·金米奇、勒罗伊·萨内和贾马尔·穆什卡现在都是德国最大牌的球星，他们采取更多拜仁风格的决定让他们在世界杯预选赛结束时取得了7连胜。

弗利克就像一股清新的空气，球队中有丰富的比赛经验和有前途的年轻球员。

他们在国家联赛中只赢了一场比赛(令人印象深刻的5:2击败欧洲杯冠军意大利队)，但也只输了一场比赛。

与西班牙分在E组并不理想，但德国队的阵容很平衡，托马斯·穆勒和曼努埃尔·诺伊尔的经验得到了缪西亚拉、凯·哈弗茨和尼克·施洛特贝克等年轻球员的赞赏。本月早些时候蒂莫·维尔纳的受伤加剧了进攻核心的缺乏，但弗利克有球员在边路和进攻中场的位置上弥补了这一点。

他们看起来比前两届大赛的表现要好得多，不应该被低估。由于与西班牙同组的难度，与哥斯达黎加和日本的比赛是避免麻烦的必胜之选。

德国有一个经验丰富的教练，他知道如何赢得奖杯;球场两端有很多领袖和世界杯冠军;再加上攻击型中场和边路的深度。

另一方面，日本队在这里是一支弱队。近年来，他们已成为世界杯的主要成员，在卡塔尔之前参加了过去六届世界杯，但在今年的决赛圈，他们只能屈居第二，排在沙特阿拉伯之后。他们有几张在欧洲顶级球队的面孔，如久保(皇家社会)，卡玛达(法兰克福)或米纳米诺(利物浦)。

尽管蓝军武士在进攻领域表现出色，但他们在最后三分之一的比赛中却表现不佳，在相当弱的预选赛中，蓝军武士10场比赛只进了12球。这个进球数只比阿曼多一个，比澳大利亚少三个，如果他们想在这个困难的小组出线，这肯定是他们需要提高的地方。

他们在后防线上有一定的实力，阿森纳的右后卫富康武弘很可能会成为主力，吉田玛雅和长atomyto也会带来经验，但更现实的蓝武士支持者知道，这是他们在世界杯上遇到过的最艰难的一段，他们将为第三名的位置而战。球队中的大多数人都没有参加大型赛事的经验，缺乏中场的力量，这将在西班牙和德国等注重控球的球队面前受到惩罚。