Reporter Cai Houxuan / full report
▲ In the end Germany drew with Spain 1:1. (Image / Summary from FIFA Twitter)
The German team, which has won 4 World Cup titles, was unexpectedly upset in the first group match of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and lost 1:2 to the Japanese team, which had never lost before. group stage Antonio Rudiger headed into the penalty area in the 39th minute of the first half, but the goal was not counted for offside. Spain called on striker Alvaro Morata. the instep penalty kick broke the net, and the German team relied on substitute Niclas Füllkrug to help the team equalize in the 83rd minute. In the end, the two teams drew 1:1.
The Spanish team, which scored 7 goals in the previous match and beat Costa Rica, was very active from the beginning of the match. In the 7th minute of the first half, Spanish striker Dani Olmo shot from the left of the penalty area , but But was cleared by German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. In the 22nd minute, Spanish defender Jordi Alba also tried to shoot down the left but the shot went empty, and the German team got a free kick in the 39th minute. , Rudiger scored with a header in the penalty area, but in the end due to offside before the goal was not counted. In the first half, Spain had 4 shots and 1 shot on goal, while Germany had 3 shots and 1 shot on goal The two teams 0:0 A draw in the second half.
▲German Rudiger scored with a header in the penalty area, but in the end the goal was not counted for offside. (Image / Summary from FIFA Twitter)
In the second half, the Germans moved from defense to attack, but despite a passive Spain, Spanish striker Alvaro Morata received a pass from Elba in the 62nd minute and managed to break through the net with a penalty kick from the left side of the area. penalty area, helping Invincible Fleet score first and took a 1:0 lead.
▲Spanish striker Morata scored in the 62nd minute of the second half to help his side take the lead. (Image / Summary from FIFA Twitter)
The German side, who had trailed all the way, decided to make a substitution 70 minutes after the break, leaving Thomas Muller, Thilo Kehrer and Ilkay Gundogan to leave the field to replace Phil Kruger and Klostermann After (Lukas Klostermann) and Leroy Sane (Leroy Sane), in the 83rd minute, under the cover of Jamal Musiala, Phil Kruger lifted his foot from the right side of the penalty area and successfully broke the net to help the team equalize the score.
▲ Germany’s Phil Kruger helped the team equalize the score. (Image / Summary from FIFA Twitter)
Then the two teams intertwined until the end of 6 minutes of added time due to injury in the second half, and nobody scored again. In the end, Germany and Spain shook hands 1:1 and each received 1 point in the group stage. points in first place, Japan and Costa Rica in second place with 3 points, Germany in last place with 1 point, which two teams can advance depends on the results of the final group match.
