When the Nations League started again, things looked good for the German national team well into stoppage time – but in the sixth minute of stoppage time, the win against Spain was still given away.
From Christian Hornung
In the end, the Germans had to attribute the 1: 1 (0: 0) to themselves. After a very good performance for a long time, too much carelessness in the end and too passive tactics in the last 20 minutes took revenge.
“That’s very annoying,” admitted Timo Werner shortly after the end on ZDF. “We let ourselves be pushed in too far behind. But only four minutes of stoppage time were indicated. In the end we had so many defenders on the pitch that we could have cleared the ball.”
Gosens and Sané quarrel
Leroy Sané said: “On the whole it was okay, but of course it’s always annoying to get a goal conceded so late.” National coach Joachim Löw analyzed: “In the first half it was a tactically very appealing game, we went for it early and put a lot of pressure on. In the second half we were a little too deep and lost decisive duels with a header Conceding a late goal hurts, of course. “
Debutant Robin Gosens quarreled: “I’m really upset that we will concede another thing in the sixth minute of stoppage time. All in all, it was a huge evening for me and I’m glad that I got the template for our goal Now, of course, I want to stay with it – but first I have to play a great season again. “
Sweeper with the first chance
After ten minutes of scanning in midfield, Toni Kroos had the first brilliant idea of the game. With a precise wing change, he gave the advanced Thilo Kehrer a good chance to head the ball – but David de Gea in the Spanish goal defused the touchdown with a little effort.
Just two minutes later, after a bad pass by Julian Draxler, the vote between goalkeeper Kevin Trapp and Emre Can was not correct, but Rodrigo hesitated too long so that Trapp was able to steal the ball from behind with a risky tackle.
De Gea with strong parades
During this phase, things went back and forth: on the other, Julian Draxler forced de Gea to defend his feet. the extremely volatile goalkeeper at Manchester United last season was brilliant again seconds later when Leroy Sané had targeted the left corner.
The Spaniards remained dangerous, after a discarded header Sergio Busquets had a good shot chance, but Trapp was in the threatened corner in time. The DFB team then let themselves be pushed a little too far into their own half, but had two decent counter-chances through Timo Werner and Leroy, which remained unused.
Can and Rüdiger extremely flawed
Shortly before the break, the Spaniards came again dangerously in front of the German goal because once again the noticeably slow Can failed: Rodrigo failed again on Trapp. In addition to Can, Antonio Rüdiger was also a big problem in the German defense, his bad passes repeatedly led to dangerous situations.
Debutant Robin Gosens from Atalanta Bergamo also acted extremely pale or almost invisible in the first round. That changed suddenly after five minutes in the second round. Ilkay Gündogan cleared Gosens with an outstanding 50-meter pass, who placed the ball in the penalty area perfectly across Werner – and the new Chelsea striker executed an ice-cold flat in the left corner.
Werner in double bad luck
After that, the Germans had everything under control in Stuttgart. Werner first failed from a half-right position on the again well-reacting de Gea – the fact that he was then whistled back for being offside was a wrong decision. Seconds later, after a (too) selfless pass by Sané, Werner was again free in front of the Spanish goal, but the angle was a bit too acute so that it only hit the outside netting.
In the 66th minute, Can had the 2-0 on the foot. After replacing the ailing Sané and replacing Matthias Ginter, the Dortmund player advanced into midfield and was unlucky that de Gea also got a foot on the ball after his class individual performance.
Too little relief
Nothing came from Spain until the 70th minute, only Thiagos Schlenzer just past the right corner caused a bit of danger. However, this scene caused a shift in forces. The tactic of national coach Joachim Löw to continue playing with only one tip after Sané’s substitution turned out to be risky: Germany hardly had any relief and was far too deep behind.
Löw topped it all off when he replaced Werner with another central defender shortly before the end: With Robin Koch, ten defensive players were on the field at the end. However, the Spaniards couldn’t think of too much in front of the goal.
Löw’s defensive tactics take revenge in the end
The very attentive Trapp defused the few half-chances. And when Ansu Fati hit a header in stoppage time, Sergio Ramos destroyed the goal with a rude elbow blow against Ginter. When everything looked like a sure win, the Spaniards finally scored: Gaya maneuvered the ball over the line from close range in the 96th minute.
Somewhat bizarre about this equalization was the fact that Sergio Ramos’ gross unsportsmanlike conduct had resulted in the extension of stoppage time. The captain of the Spaniards said afterwards: “We are going home satisfied because we were rewarded for our efforts in the end.” He said nothing about his elbow in the face of Ginter.
Those: sportschau.de
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