The June Fifa Date, reserved for national team matches, will start this Monday. Right off the bat, the four-time world champion Germany will play a friendly at home against Ukraine, at 1 pm (Brasília time), at the Weserstadion, in the city of Bremen. The game will be broadcast live on closed TV channel ESPN
The goal of Germany, now led by coach Hans Flick, is to prepare for the dispute of the next Euro Cup, in 2024, which will be precisely in German territory. Therefore, the German team does not need to play the Qualifiers, which Ukraine has to participate.
🇩🇪 𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗦 🇩🇪
There have been plenty of memorable matches throughout our history, but which one sticks our for you? ⏪💭 pic.twitter.com/zI96YXi53G
— Germany (@DFB_Team_EN) June 11, 2023
The absences for Germany, which will play its 1,000th match in history, are Gosens and Gündogan, who participated in the Champions League final last Saturday between Manchester City and Internazionale, in Istanbul, Turkey. In addition, names like Thomas Müller, Mario Götze, Gnabry, Reus and Süle were not even called up. In March, the Germans played two friendlies, in which they beat Peru and were defeated by Belgium.
On the Ukrainian side, the friendly will serve as a preparation for two commitments for the 2024 Euro Cup Qualifiers on this Fifa Date – against North Macedonia and Malta – and the debut of coach Serhiy Rebrov in charge. Two of the most experienced players will be out injured: Zinchenko and Yaremchuk.
In Africa
Surprise of the last edition of the World Cup, in Qatar, at the end of last year, when it finished in fourth place, the Moroccan selection will enter the field this Monday for a friendly preparation for the Qualifiers of the African Cup of Nations. The opponent will be Cape Verde, at 4 pm, at the Príncipe Moulay Abdellah stadium, in the city of Rabat.
The national team continues its preparations for the Cape Verde match 🇨🇻
Our National Team continues its preparation for the friendly game against Cabo Verde#DimaMaghrib 🇲🇦 pic.twitter.com/jvBtiae4PY
— Morocco team (@EnMaroc) June 10, 2023
In the last Fifa Date, in March, in its first match after the historic World Cup campaign, Morocco played a friendly against Brazil, in front of its fans in the city of Tanger, and won by 2 to 1. Then, in Spain, scored a goalless draw with Peru.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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