France and Germany usually play each other in the latter stages of major football tournaments. Not this time. The teams will meet in the group stage of a European Championship or World Cup for the first time on Tuesday when they open their Euro 2020 campaigns in Munich. Didier Deschamps "France landed in Munich for the group F game with a feud brewing between forwards Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud but are still the title favourites, while the Germans are struggling and under pressure. After 15 years in charge, their coach Joachim Loew will step down after the European Championship and wants to forge a mentality like 2014 when his squd "pulled together" to win the World Cup. Loew, 61 is desperate to land Germany a record fourth European title and enhance his reputation, dented after his side failed to get out of their 2018 World Cup group. Three years after that debacle in Russia, Loew must hope his shaky defence can cope with France, who could name a fearsome front three of Mbappe. Patrik Schick spotted the goalkeeper off his line, launched a looping shot from just inside the halfway line, and gave his team a two-goal lead it wouldn't relinquish. Schick had given the Czehs the lead in the 42nd minute with a powerful header after muscling himself between two Scotland defenders. Sunil Gavaskar needs no introduction. His 10,122 Test runs and 34 centuries apart, the Little Master was part of India's 1983 World Cup wining team and also led India to the Benson and Hedges ODI triumph in Australia two years later. The legend is currently in England ahead of India's World Test Championship Final against New Zealand, where he will be doing television commentary. Gavaskar has been following the new zealand team as they prepared for the WTC Final with a two-Test series against Engalnd.
