Joshua Kimmich talks about his new role as DFB captain

With the team, in which “a lot has unfortunately changed” due to resignations, he will maintain the euphoria of the home European Championships: “It was important that we managed to get people moving and excited again. We want to keep doing that. Everyone is up for it.”

Kimmich (91 international matches) has already led the national team onto the field as captain seven times, and this will be a big challenge for him in the Nations League opener against Hungary on Saturday (8.45 p.m./ZDF) in Düsseldorf is nothing fundamentally new. Most recently, the 29-year-old was one of Gündogan's deputies.