Yahoo Sports reports: German Chacellor Friedrich Merz has wished the national team well for the World Cup in a video call, saying that "the whole of Germany has their fingers crossed for you. " A video on Merz's Instagram account showed the chancellor talking from his office to captain Joshua Kimmich, defender Jonathan Tah, forward Kai Havertz and coach Julian Nagelsmann at the team's base camp in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.