Premiere night for Julian Nagelsmann. Inducted onto the bench of the German team a few months before Euro 2024, the former coach of Bayern Munich – who has the difficult task of reviving a decrepit selection – made his debut at the head of the Mannschaft, this Saturday evening , as part of a friendly meeting. Opposing the United States, the 2014 world champions presented themselves in 4-2-3-1 with Niclas Füllkrug at the forefront. In the central hinge, Antonio Rüdiger and Mats Hummels also started. For his part, Brian Joseph Callaghan opted for a 4-3-3 where Timothy Weah and Christian Pulisic surrounded Folarin Balogun.
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In a rhythmic first act, the two selections responded to each other in turn. If Marc-André Ter Stegen stopped an interesting first collective movement from Team USA (9th), the Germans responded a few minutes later. Staggered by Florian Wirtz at 20 meters, Pascal Gross tried his luck but saw his attempt pushed back by Matt Turner’s post (11th). Master of the debates, the Mannschaft pushed to open the score, like this new strike from Füllkrug diverted by the American goalkeeper (22nd). Very active in this meeting, Timothy Weah tried to sound a revolt. After a good incursion, the Juventus Turin winger found Pulisic, who dribbled past the last German rampart before collapsing in the area. In vain. The referee did not flinch (26th).
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Unfortunately, the AC Milan player was quick to take revenge… Author of a solitary raid, a few seconds later, the former Dortmund star sent a powerful shot into Ter Stegen’s top corner to open the scoring ( 1-0, 27th). Stunned, Jamal Musiala’s teammates reacted quickly. After a lot of work from Sané in the American half, Gündogan, served by the Bayern winger, saw Turner release the ball. A godsend for Barça’s new recruit who was quick to equalize (1-1, 39th). Back to back at the break, the two teams tried to regain the advantage after returning from the locker room. To do this, Team USA changed its plans and Luca De La Torre replaced Giovanni Reyna. Despite this change, Germany remained threatening.
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Opportunistic on the equalizing goal, Gündogan tried his luck once again but Turner caught it perfectly (47th). Valuable in the American cages, the last rampart of Nottingham Forest was once again decisive on a strike from Füllkrug (49th). Dominated, the Americans logically ended up breaking. Perfectly served by Gosens in the American area Füllkrug, covered by Dest, finally deceived Turner with a flat right foot (1-2, 58th). Scorer, the Dortmund striker took advantage of a poorly returned ball to turn into a passer straight away, finding Musiala, author of the Mannschaft’s third goal (1-3, 61st). Relieved, Nagelsmann then decided to start Süle, Havertz or even Brandt for the last minutes of this meeting. Opposite, Callaghan also brought new blood with the entries of Carter-Vickers, Pepi and Aaronson. In vain.
Serious defensively and rather inspired offensively, Jonathan Tah’s partners retained control of this meeting and preserved their advantage on the scoreboard. In the final moments, Süle was even close to adding to the score (86th). Symbol of the clear German domination: the visitors attempted 19 shots (7 on target) during this game compared to 6 American shots (3 on target). A victory (3-1) which also allows the Germans to string together a second consecutive victory and to get their heads out of the water somewhat after a major period of crisis. Before challenging Mexico on October 18, Julian Nagelsmann can already rejoice in having provided the essentials for his first on the German bench.
Pub. 10/14/2023 11:02 p.m. Updated 10/14/2023 11:06 p.m.
2023-10-14 21:02:02
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