STUTTGART: Germany's players have very different fitness levels ahead of their Nations League opener against Spain on Thursday and will struggle to last 90 minutes due to the fragmented end to the previous season across Europe, coach Joachim Loew said.
"Some have been training for some weeks but have no match practice. Others just finished playing in the Champions League and the Europa League. Germany, who also play Switzerland in the Nations League on Sep 6, are looking ahead to next year's European championship and Loew said it would take longer than usual to have a fine-tuned tournament team ready."The overriding goal is next year's tournament. This year we will not be playing with an identical team any time soon," Loew said.
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