Julian Nagelsmann, coach of Germany, spoke highly of his team's mixed lineup of veterans and young players ahead of Wednesday's group game against Hungary at the UEFA European Championship at home.

Ten of Germany's 26 players are 30 or older, making them the oldest team at the tournament. Meanwhile, the team's young generation, including Florian Wirtz (21), Jamal Musiala (21) and Kai Havertz (25), performed well in their 5-1 win over Scotland in the Euro 2024 opener.

"We have to find new solutions because we're the oldest squad, we need to have more younger players in the future. But for this tournament, it's the perfect mix and we can be very successful," Nagelsmann said. "It's always good to have a good mix in your team between experienced players and young, talented players. I think it's important that the young players are open minded, listen to the older players with experience, to improve."

Toni Kroos, 34, is playing his final international tournament for Germany. He announced last month that he will retire after Euro 2024. He took a game-high 102 passes against Scotland, and missed only one of them.

"He's still one of the top three players in the world who can find players in between the lines of the opponents, and better positions, offensive positions to create chances and I think he will do it tomorrow as well," Nagelsmann said of Kroos. "It's not that easy to defend against him. I think Hungary will have a plan to defend against him a little bit more than the Scottish team. But Toni is clever enough and smart enough to find solutions and then he will have a big impact tomorrow as well."

Germany have won the Euros three times, tied with Spain to lead all teams, but the last time they did it was in 1996. They also failed to advance to the knockout stage in the past two editions of the FIFA World Cup.