Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann has said he would not welcome a return to 16 teams at the European Championship because the 24-team format offers smaller teams a better chance to shine. The complicated system with four third-place finishers reaching the knock-outs along with the top two of the six groups, which also led to several final group games being not exciting, had raised questions whether the format in place since 2016 is a good solution. But Nagelsmann told reporters ahead of Saturday’s last 16 match against Denmark that he would not back a return to the previous format of 16 teams fr…