International football returns to action this week with two of world football's big guns facing off in the Uefa Nations League.
On Thursday at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart, Germany play host to Spain in the pick of the opening night's fixtures.
And Bayern Munich's treble-winning season should feed the hunger for titles in the national team, according to the Bavarian club's defender Niklas Suele.
Bayern won the domestic league and Cup double and also dominated in the Champions League tournament in Lisbon earlier this month, beating Paris Saint-Germain in the final to win their sixth European crown.
Central defender Suele had missed much of the season after a torn cruciate ligament early in the campaign but made the Champions League tournament, and said Germany were now eyeing next year's European Championship. The 2020 Euros was postponed by a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
"We have to keep the hunger for more titles after winning the treble with Bayern," 24-year-old Suele told a news conference. "I now come here with a lot of joy, knowing how hard it is to come back after a 10-month absence.
"The Nations League is a good next step. We take any test, against any small or big opponent, seriously because we want to prepare for next summer."
Germany, world champions in 2014, crashed out of the group stage in the 2018 World Cup, their earliest exit in 80 years.
They have since undergone an overhaul and qualified with seven wins out of eight qualifiers for next year's Euros.
"We have the same hunger for titles in the national team as at Bayern. There is no difference there. We have to wait and see how the new season goes but I think we will have a team that will be competing for the title at the Euro," Suele said.
Germany are in Group A4 of the Nations League and also face an away match against Switzerland on September 6 – Spain take on Ukraine the same night – after Thursday's home game against Luis Enrique's side.
To mark the big occasion, we have compiled a gallery of the last 10 occasions these two countries have clashed. To move on to the next picture, click on the arrows, or if using a mobile device, simply swipe.
