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FOXBOROUGH \u2014 When former England striker Gary Lineker talks about Germany, people tend to listen. It started in 1990, after losing to Die Mannschaft in the World Cup, Lineker said: \u201cFootball is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and, at the end, the Germans always win.\u201d As a television presenter, Lineker was criticized for social media comments comparing immigration policies to Nazism. Lineker left the business, but last week he returned, and was quoted in the French sports daily L\u2019Equipe as saying, \u201cThis is one of the weakest German national teams I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Though Germany started the World Cup with victories over Cura\u00e7ao (7-1) and Ivory Coast (2-1), it squandered the lead and lost, 2-1, to Ecuador. The result did not prevent the Germans from winning Group E, sending them to a Round of 32 match against Paraguay on Monday. But, maybe, Lineker has a point.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cEveryone has their own opinion,\u201d Germany striker Kai Havertz said at a press conference Sunday. \u201cI don\u2019t have [a] problem with it. In big tournaments, people start talking about you. I don\u2019t listen to what other people say. We already have experts in our country and, when you start looking at other countries, I don\u2019t really care what other people say.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Since winning its fourth title in 2014, Die Mannschaft has definitely been in a World Cup slump, failing to advance from group play two successive times. That\u2019s one reason Julian Nagelsmann, 38, was hired to replace Hansi Flick. Nagelsmann made his national team debut in 2023, running practices in Foxborough and taking a 3-1 win over the Americans in East Hartford, Conn. Three days later, Germany drew, 2-2, with Mexico at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Germans were looking ahead to this World Cup. Sure enough, they are not only back where Nagelsmann started, a win will send them to Philadelphia for a possible showdown with France.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always about winning when you talk about Germany,\u201d Nagelsmann said. \u201cWe try to win every game. Tomorrow, the expectations are we do the right things on the field and they show what good players they are. The game is all about winning. In soccer, if you win everything is good. If you lose everything is [spit].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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This could be a defining match for the Germans, their first elimination game in 12 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI haven\u2019t seen one bad training session, they give 100 percent every session,\u201d Nagelsmann said. \u201cThis is a do-or-die match. I never thought the mentality was lacking. [Against Ecuador] we pulled out all the stops and tried to create many chances. We brought in players who were maybe not in rhythm, but we will bring our \u2018A\u2019 game tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Paraguay \u201cplays a very straightforward type of game, strong physically. They are an uncomfortable opponent for us,\u201d Nagelsmann said. \u201cThey play directly and fight for second balls. We need to play a perfect game tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Paraguay recovered from a 4-1 opening loss to the Americans, edging Turkey, 1-0, and tying 0-0 with Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the team everybody wanted to be out, and we made it,\u201d Paraguay coach Gustavo Alfaro said. \u201cI\u2019m happy we competed, and our competitiveness allowed us to move on to the next stage. We\u2019ve faced powers \u2014 Argentina and Brazil are even bigger than Germany \u2014 they are all candidates to win the World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIs it going to be difficult? Of course. Germany has so many set pieces prepared and I don\u2019t have time to prepare my team. This is a big, and nice, challenge. It\u2019s important how we face adversity. It\u2019s complex, and maybe impossible, but we must face it the way we should, in a positive way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Said defender Gustavo G\u00f3mez: \u201cThis is a huge challenge for us. I tell people in Paraguay it\u2019s difficult to promise results in football, but in three matches, we\u2019ve shown our team will compete, pull out all the stops on the field, and tomorrow won\u2019t be different. That\u2019s our identity and, hopefully, we can get a result.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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