BERLIN (AP) — Germany's preparations for the European Championship have been punctuated by the German team's success in the Champions League.
If Bayern defeats Real Madrid in Wednesday's second semi-final, arch-rivals Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich could face off in the Champions League final in a bid to repeat the 2013 final.
Even if Bayern lose, Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann will be without Madrid players Toni Kroos and Antonio Rudiger for the Euro 2024 training camp, which will be held from May 26 to 31 in Blankenhain in central Germany. It turns out.
The Champions League final will be held in London on June 1st, meaning German players taking part will have to skip their preparations for Euro 2024.
Dortmund beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 on Tuesday to advance to the final.
Bayern's squad includes Germany internationals Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala, Thomas Muller and Leroy Sane.
Of Dortmund's players, only Niklas Furkurg was called up for the preliminary games against France and the Netherlands in March, but Mats Hummels, Nico Schlotterbeck, Emre Can, Julian Brandt and others were called up. 's impressive performance could tempt Nagelsmann to recall them when naming him in his Euro 2024 squad. May 16th.
Germany's preparations for Euro 2024 will continue from June 1 in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria. The team will play Ukraine in a friendly in Nuremberg on June 3, and four days before that they will face Greece in Monchengladbach in a knock-out match.
The Champions League finalists will join the rest of the squad before the game against Greece.
Hosts Germany will open Euro 2024 against Scotland in Munich on June 14, then face Hungary in Stuttgart on June 19 and Switzerland in Frankfurt on June 23.
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