Of the final four, only Germany are yet to win a Nations League title, with Portugal’s success coming in the opening tournament in 2019.
Germany captain Joshua Kimmich will be handed his 100th international cap on Wednesday.
The Bayern Munich midfielder is the 14th Germany player to reach the milestone, but will become the only member of the 100 club not to have won a World Cup.
Kimmich said Monday he “had a couple more chances” to correct the stat and said the Nations League would show how much progress Germany had made, after a disappointing decade.
“If it’s enough for the really big titles, we don’t know, it depends on a lot of factors.”
World Cup winners in 2014, Germany crashed out of the following two World Cups at the group stage.
Their best result since a Euros semi-final in 2016 was going out in the quarters to eventual champions Spain at Euro 2024.
“We want to go into the (World Cup) well prepared. We’ve said a few times that the preparation doesn’t start two weeks before, rather it’s already started,” Kimmich said.
“When we now compete in two internationals successfully, we can show we’re still on a good path.”
Kimmich’s sentiment was echoed by coach Julian Nagelsmann on Friday, who said “we would love to win titles and keep feeding our self-confidence.
“Even if it’s only a small title, for us as a group it’s very important… Confidence and trust are fragile elements that require constant nourishment.”
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