Germany dispatched Curaçao in their opening World Cup match with a 7-1 win, but that didn’t come easily as the underdogs pushed and pushed and made life hard for the four-time World Cup winners. Joshua Kimmich knows how Les Éléphants will not be pushovers and singled out a player that he is familiar with.
“A year ago, hardly anyone knew him. He’s had an outstanding season, even though RB Leipzig had a few problems,” Kimmich said (as captured by X account @iMiaSanMia). “His dribbling is exceptional,
a bit like Kingsley Coman at Bayern back in the day. He’s got incredible pace. But there we have to prepare for. They have spectacular attacking players.”
Some of the notable names on the Ivory Coast team include Diomande, Amad Diallo, Ibrahim Sangaré, Seko Fofana, Guéla Doué, and more; Diallo scored a 90th-minute winner against Ecuador in the other Group E match.
Germany takes on Ivory Coast on Saturday in Toronto.
