MOSCOW: Germany will find out who stands between them and a successful defense of the World Cup as the draw for the 2018 finals in Russia is held in a glitzy ceremony within the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday (Saturday in Manila). After beating Lionel Messi’s Argentina in the final at the Maracana in Rio to lift the World Cup in 2014, the aim for Joachim Loew’s side now is to become the first nation since Brazil in 1962 to retain the trophy. Having already won the Confederations Cup in Russia earlier this year with a fringe squad, the Germans are leading favorites for glory in 2018, a status that Loew himself has said there is no avoiding. Then again, not everyone agrees. “I don’t like how Germany play. They have a structure and a well organized project but they don’t have the kind of stars that the other powers do,” Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli said this week. Certainly, the Germans can expect stiff competition from the Brazil of Neymar — revitalised after their nightmare 7-1 loss to the Germans on home soil — and Spain in particular. The first step, though, is discovering who they will meet in the…