News about Matthias Ginter

Quite surprisingly, there hasn't been any Bundesliga action since November 13. A combination of the mid-season World Cup and the traditional winter break have boosted German football fans of top-flight action for over two months. Thankfully, it comes back on Friday evening when Bayern Munich, the ultimate leaders after 15 rounds of the season, travels to RB Leipzig, who sits third. After a slew of patient waiting, actors in Qatar, training camps, and January goodies, all else will kick-start their campaigns. Here's a look at what to watch out for as the Bundesliga returns.

According to reports, Hansi Flick was accused of showing favouritism against Bayern Munich players in Qatar. Despite beating Costa Rica 4-2 in their last match of the World Cup, the 2014 champions fell out on the group stage for their second straight tournament, raising serious concerns about Flick's future. According to news in Germany, the national team was split into two camps at the tournament due to Flick's suspected partiality against Bayern Munich players.

Following Germany's World Cup loss today, disappointment is looming in Germany following Japan's victory over Spain over Saturday, leading to Germany's abandonment from Qatar. Germany's media outlets have been reflecting the presumably sullen moods of German football fans worldwide, with Bild declaring 'How embarrassing! We are out.' For the second time in a row, Germany crashed out on the knockout stages of a World Cup.'

Several of the players' fiancees and goalkeeper Kevin Trapp's fiancee Izabel Goulart were among the fans on the Al Bayt Stadium for the 1-1 draw against Spain. Christina Ginter, Matthias Ginter's wife, who flaked her goosebumps when she said that World Cup stadiums are too cold, was among those in attendance.

In their last game of Group E, Germany was surprisingly defeated 2-1 by Japan before losing a 2-1 draw against Costa Rica, who must now win to have a chance of advancement. Costa Rica's opponents, on the other hand, are determined on securing a spot in the next round after being thrashes by Spain from 7-0 to 1-0 triumph over Japan. With the match quickly approaching, Sportsmail takes you through everything you should do below.

As the nation's football fans try to figure out why England failed to beat the United States, forensic analysts have referred to the stadium's air conditioning system being switched off an hour before kickoff. The Al Bayt Stadium's air conditioning system was turned off an hour before England's 10 p.m. local time match against the United States, which was requested by the FIFA-supplied operations manager. As a result, the weather was noticeably warmer during the game on Friday night than they did during England's daytime victory over Iran, which was 6-2.

In Group E, Spain will face Germany, with both teams getting off to a rocky start in their respective World Cup campaigns. It couldn't have been any better for Spain after defeating Costa Rica 7-0 in one of the tournament's best performances so far. However, for Germany, the mood could not have been any different after they gave up a lead late in the game to lose a 2-1 loss to Japan, putting them on the brink of being kicked out. Sportmail takes you through all you need to hear about below as the match is near.

Christina Ginter, a German football player who was married to German football player Matthias Ginter (bottom inset), shivering in the stands (left) as her husband's side lost 2-1 to Japan in a shocking loss yesterday. Christina expressed her dismay on Instagram by posting a snapshot of goosebumps (right) on her arm while spouting that Qatar went to the extreme when cooling down its eight stadiums. Christina, who has been living with other German players' wives at the Hilton's four-star Fuwairit Kite Beach hotel, was stern-faced during the football match in which her husband was sitting on the substitute bench. Qatar, the first World Cup host to hold the tournament in a desert, has invested millions on air conditioning funnels, some of which are placed under seats (top inset).

OLI GAMP AT THE SULTAN STADIUM: If this was an indication of Germany's potential as a team at the World Cup, then their competitors in Qatar would have stood down. Hansi Flick's guys got the job done on the night in their friendly against Oman on Wednesday night, but it wasn't an easy challenge - and there's still a lot of work to do. Oman, the team that made the world's best-ranked team in FIFA's top 25, more than fought, but they may have scored fewer goals if their forwards had been more efficient. Niclas Fullkrug's close-range strike gives Die Mannschaft a 1-0 victory, but Flick has a lot to consider as his team struggled to get out of third gear and evidently struggled with the weather. This was more for Flick to assess the squad's fitness, get used to 90 minutes in the Middle Eastern heat, and tinker with his set-up, but he'll know his best team can't afford to play at the same intensity seen from his boys at the Sultan Qaboos Stadium.