World Cup today: Germany and Spain launch campaigns

For the first time in 18 years, Die Mannschaft will begin a major tournament without Joachim Low in the dugout

REGENERATION: Germany's head coach Hansi Flick. Pic:AP Photo/Matthias Schrader

Fixtures (all times Irish).

Group F: Morocco v Croatia, Al Bayt Stadium, 10 am: The 2018 finalists are back but the concern may be that they’re four years older rather than four years better. Fresh blood has been hard found in Croatia and Morocco, with Hakim Ziyech back in the fold, may smell some blood of their own.