Fight for the European Championship title: Germany's path to fame and disappointment!

In 2025, the EM documentary "Our team-Die Heim-European 2024" was published. According to Heidelberg24 Inner life of the German national soccer team during the European Championship 2024. The camera team accompanied the DFB team before the tournament and documented not only the sporting aspects, but also the emotions of different fans.

Germany was convincing in the preliminary round and won against Denmark in the round of 16. In the quarter -finals, on the other hand, the national team unfortunately failed dramatically due to later European champion Spain. After Florian Wirtz scored a late balance to 1-1, the team could not use the decisive penalty that was not given. Spain decided the game shortly before the penalty shootout and thus ended the title dreams of Germany. The documentary concludes with the emotional farewell of national coach Julian Nagelsmann from his players in the training center in Herzogenaurach.

focus on the Nations League

In a press conference, Nagelsmann expressed his wish to become world champion and spoke of the disappointment that the departure in the preliminary round brought. In 2025, the focus of the DFB team is on the Nations League, with a quarter-finals that will be against Italy in March. The EM documentary is available on "RTL+".

In addition to the developments according to the European Championship, Julian Nagelsmann has in an analysis of France24 expressed its confidence for the European Championship 2024, which begins on June 14th. Together with France and England, Germany is one of the favorites supported by the home balance. Although Germany has not been able to win the European Championship since 1996, the team has a strong story with four World Championships and three European Championships.

The last big tournaments were disappointing. After winning the 2014 World Cup, Germany was eliminated in the group phases of the 2018 World Championships and 2022 and failed in the round of 16 in the round of 16 in 2021. During the 2024 European Championship, Germany will compete against Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland in the group phase. Nagelsmann, who replaced Hansi Flick, has already celebrated success in friendly games against France and the Netherlands and showed great confidence in his players.