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Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann said that a big part of his “masterplan” for the 2026 World Cup is to find “a starting team with five, six top substitutes that can also play” in the tournament. “I have nothing to gain from having a team A that wins the Nations League and then everyone is 35 or 36, and a completely different team plays in the World Cup,” Nagelsmann said at the Digital X congress in Cologne. The aim is to “gain a certain rhythm and a certain self-image of what it means to win games. We’ve made that clear to the players. We have to make the most of every minute, that’s a very imp…

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