Live report: Germany vs Mexico
Germany begin the defence of their World Cup against Mexico on Sunday hoping for a repeat of their 2017 Confederations Cup clash.
Germany’s midfielder Mesut Ozil attends a training session of the German national football team at the Rungghof training centre on June 7, 2018 in Eppan near Bolzano, northern Italy, ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia. / AFP PHOTO / Christof STACHE
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The two nations meet in Russia 12 months ago in the Confederations Cup and on that occasion it was a second-string Die Mannschaft who ran out comfortable 4-1 winners.
The reigning world champions have lost only once in 11 meetings against the Mexicans, and this will be the fourth time the two nations have gone head-to-head at a World Cup, with the Germans most recently coming out on top 2-1 at France 98.
Having cruised through qualifying, with a perfect record of 10 wins from 10 matches, Joachim Low’s men have gone off the boil of late, winning just one of their last six friendlies in the build-up.
However, this is a nation who always performs when the World Cup comes around, reaching at least the semi-finals in the last four editions.
