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topicnews · September 9, 2024

The Nations League is running here

The Nations League is running here

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The home European Championship is history. Germany will face Hungary in the Nations League. Here’s how to watch the party live on TV and stream.

Düsseldorf – It has now been around two months since the bitter end to the European Championship at home: from now on, the German national team will no longer be looking to the past, but to the future. In the first game after the European Championship in their own country, the DFB team will face Hungary in Düsseldorf. This is how you can watch the first match of the Nations League on TV and stream.

Germany vs Hungary live on TV and stream: Here you can watch the Nations League

  • Germany meets on Saturday, September 7, in Düsseldorf in the Nations League on Hungary. The match kicks off at 8.45 p.m..
  • The international match will be broadcast live on Free TV transferred. The ZDF takes over. The broadcast begins at 8.15 p.m.
  • Kathrin Müller-Hohenstein will act as moderator, supported by the Expert Christoph Kramer and Friederike Kromp. The party will be commented by Oliver Schmidt.
  • ZDF also offers a Live stream on its website and at zdf.sportstudio.de a.
Joshua Kimmich is the new captain of the German national team. © IMAGO/Bahho Kara/Kirchner-Media

Ter Stegen goes into his first international match as clear number one

The party will be particularly special for Marc-André ter Stegen. More than twelve years after his debut in goal for the national football team, the now 32-year-old can finally feel like the “clear number one” in Germany. National coach Julian Nagelsmann appointed the FC Barcelona captain following the retirement of Germany’s record goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

Goalscorer Niclas Füllkrug revealed at the team headquarters in Herzogenaurach: “Marc is really looking forward to this time, I can promise you that.” Ter Stegen has talked a lot about the eternal wait for a turning point in the DFB goal. But he has not given up in frustration. “I am pretty sure that he will do the job very well without a doubt and will give the team a lot of quality, including on the pitch,” said Füllkrug.

Kimmich and Füllkrug praise ter Stegen

After 40 international matches since his debut on May 26, 2012 against Switzerland in Basel, which was a false start for the then 20-year-old with five goals conceded and a 3-5 defeat, ter Stegen can now look forward to his first major tournament appearance; at the age of 34 at the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico.

Since the 2010 World Cup, Neuer has been in goal for the DFB at each of the four World Cup and European Championship finals. “It almost became a painful topic at some point when you only have such an outstanding goalkeeper as your number two,” said Füllkrug.

On Saturday (8.45 p.m./ZDF), former Gladbach player ter Stegen will run onto the pitch behind captain Joshua Kimmich at the start of the Nations League in Düsseldorf against Hungary, wearing the number 1 jersey. He has taken over the number from Neuer. (dpa/kk)