World Cup favorite? Challenger? Nagelsmann still has to define his own role

KJust before national coach Julian Nagelsmann took the microphone in his hand between presenter Esther Sedlaczek and expert Bastian Schweinsteiger on ARD, the television viewer saw sunny pictures from Maryland, USA. The French national team played there against the Colombian team. The camera caught Kylian Mbappé and Michael Olise having fun on the bench. They saw a French B team on the pitch that, without the two jokers, had little problems with the not so bad Colombia, the score was 3-1. Cut to Stuttgart from rain to sleet to sleet, where Julian Nagelsmann analyzed his team’s 2-1 win against Ghana.