Julian Nagelsmann was dismissive when asked if he wanted Germany to lose to have an easier draw in knockouts
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00:00I think it's normal that you discuss the topic with my colleagues but at the end
00:07I think it's always difficult to talk to your team and tell them we want to lose
00:12tomorrow. It doesn't make sense for competitive persons. Normally you play a
00:20football game or any other game to win it and tomorrow's a game to win it and
00:26we cannot predict exactly who will be the opponent in the knockout stage so at
00:35the end it's just about that to get more rhythm, to get more self-confidence, to
00:39win the next game, to be well prepared by winning games in a row, to get more
00:47convenience in our performance and in our capability to win games.
00:55So tomorrow's the next game, we want to win it and it doesn't matter who will be the
00:59next opponent, we will see. If we finish the group stage on place number one we
01:07know our opponent, I don't know, Tuesday at 11 p.m. so then we have enough time to
01:15prepare it and be a good competitor in the knockout stage as well.