Joachim Low sees similarities between Germany s youthful squad and the exciting 2010 vintage but does not consider his team a leading Euro 2020 contender.
Victory over Belarus in Monchengladbach on Saturday and anything less than a win for Northern Ireland against Netherlands would confirm Germany s place at next year s tournament.
A developing Die Mannschaft have won five of their past seven matches and are starting to build momentum after a rocky post-World Cup period.
Just one member of the squad, captain Manuel Neuer, is over the age of 30 and Low compared the potential of the team to the one that reached the semi-finals in South Africa almost a decade ago.
But the long-serving head coach moved to temper expectations of a serious challenge for silverw…