Things can’t be any worse right now. It’s bitter that we have to live with the negative results for three or four months now. Each individual must be clear about what they can do to achieve optimal performance.
Ilkay Gündogan on ZDF
Marcel Sabitzer (29th) from Borussia Dortmund took the lead in front of 46,000 spectators. RB Leipzig’s Christoph Baumgartner (73′) decided the game.
After Sané’s freak out (49th), Nagelsmann tried several substitutions, none of which helped. There have never been two autumn defeats at the end of the year before a European Championship or World Cup – the DFB selection will not have a chance to make amends until March at the earliest.
DFB team shaky against motivated Austrians
The DFB team repeatedly got themselves into trouble by losing the ball quickly in the build-up game. The addition of veteran Mats Hummels as another central defender alongside Antonio Rüdiger and Jonathan Tah should bring more stability to the German game.
Deficiencies in the German midfield
But the opposite was the case, the defense was shaky and vulnerable. After just 90 seconds, Leipzig’s Baumgartner fired his first warning shot at the German goal, which was once again guarded by Kevin Trapp.
Kai Havertz again had complete freedom as a rail player on the left side and provided some impetus, even though the German game remained completely harmless offensively in the first 45 minutes. Far too little came from the midfield, where Leon Goretzka played alongside captain Gündogan instead of Joshua Kimmich.
Goals conceded are now routine for the DFB team
The Austrians, on the other hand, were different: they repeatedly posed problems for the European Championship hosts with long balls. This couldn’t go well for long. Again the Austrians quickly bridged their own half. Sabitzer was not consistently attacked by Tah, so the Dortmund player was able to shoot in with a powerful shot down the left.
Müller comes – Sané flies
It was now up to Thomas Müller, who came on for Niclas Füllkrug in the second half. The hoped-for signal effect was immediately counteracted by a stupid action by Sané. The Munich player, who has been so outstanding this season, allowed himself to be carried out after a heated duel with Mwene when he pressed his hand into the Mainz player’s face and pushed him to the ground. The red card was the result. For Sané it was the first dismissal of his professional career.
Nagelsmann then returned to the back four with the substitution of Benjamin Henrichs, and shortly afterwards Florian Wirtz, Kimmich and Robert Andrich also came into the game. Germany now had to take risks and was therefore open to counterattacks like Gregoritsch’s shot (64th).
Austria’s striker Hans Krankl (l) in action against his German opponents Rolf Rüssmann (2nd from right) and Berti Vogts (3rd from right, background) as well as Germany’s goalkeeper Sepp Maier (r).
Source: dpa
This is a flaw for both teams “Shame of Gijon” 1982when they managed to get into the World Cup intermediate round with a 1-0 win for Germany.
Better in German football memory is 6:1 1954 World Cup semi-finalthe last step before the following miracle of Bern.
Germany also won the last tournament comparison. Michael Ballack met in the European Championship preliminary round 2008 in the Ernst Happel Stadium to make it 1-0.
How easy it was to overturn the German selection became clear with the second goal conceded, when Gregoritsch served Baumgartner with a direct ball, which gave Trapp no chance.
EM-Countdown
On December 2nd, 6 p.m., the EM groups will be drawn in Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie – live on ZDF. Germany is placed as the head of Group A.
There will be four test matches for the DFB team next year, two in March and two in June, before the opening game of the European Championship in Munich on June 14th.
2023-11-22 05:17:37
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