Germany's Joshua Kimmich: Training bust-up with Antonio Rudiger nothing unusual

The ESPN FC crew share their thoughts on Raf Honigstein's strongest XI for Germany at the World Cup. Joachim Low has a deep German squad with World Cup winning experience. Ian Darke leads the discussion as to why the Germans may once again be favourites. Holders Germany are looking to become just the third team to defend their World Cup title when they take the field in Russia. Here are the players that most helped Germany waltz through World Cup qualifying and who will be called on to defend their title. Ian Darke leads the ESPN panel in predicting the 2018 World Cup winner with names of Germany, Brazil, France and England among the list. Germany defender Joshua Kimmich has said his training ground bust-up with teammate Antonio Rudiger on Wednesday was "not that unusual." Bayern Munich's Kimmich and Chelsea's Rudiger almost came to blows after Kimmich took exception to a challenge, with assistant coach Miroslav Klose intervening before the situation could escalate. Asked about the incident with Rudiger, Kimmich said it could show that the attitude in the camp was right. "The scene was not that unusual, either," he told reporters....

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