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FIt should be a very special international match for Manuel Neuer. For the 96th time he wore the shirt of the German soccer team on Tuesday night, making the captain the only goal-record holder, ahead of Sepp Maier (95). However, after a good half hour, Neuer released a desperate roar of frustration at the German penalty area. The Spanish had just scored for the third time in the first half, 0: 3 even after 45 minutes.
In the end it was even 0: 6 from a German point of view, a disastrous result that nevertheless adequately reflected the defenseless and unpromising performance of Joachim Löw’s team in all respects. It was the biggest defeat for a German team since May 24, 1931, when it was also 0: 6 against Austria in Berlin.
The national team that surrounded Captain Neuer wanted to face the Seville match as a final; In the end, they could be happy that it was “just” about reaching the Nations League final, which will now take place in October next year. Spaniards travel.
So: This low blow is likely to have a more severe effect than failure, emotionally, but also in terms of zero sports performance on the field, which followed the welcome zero balance in the pregame crown tests. Anyone lulled by the victories against the Czech B-Elf and Ukraine, weakened by the virus, now woke up to thunder. And where Oliver Bierhoff imagined dark clouds at first, the signs should now point entirely to a storm. Löw’s team were disheveled and ashamed in Seville as never before in his time as national coach. Álvaro Morata (minute 17), Ferran Torres (33, 55, 72), Rodrigo (38) and Mikel Oyarzabal (89) scored with pleasure and too easily at the German goal.
Even after the first half to forget, you didn’t even know where to start and where to stop with the German weaknesses. In the last four, the positions behind the forward wings were too often orphaned, Max was also often absent where he was needed, in the center, Süle was not up to the task and Koch could not save him either. The midfield with Gündogan, Goretzka and Kroos, who was back after his yellow card suspension, never got any order in the game, the row of three in the attack with Sané, Werner and Gnabry seemed removed from the action – and in the rare moments with the ball too fast.
Löw is as passive as his team
After the break, with Tah for Süle and later Waldschmidt and Neuhaus for Sané and Goretzka, things did not improve, so the Spaniards were able to continue their humiliating game of cat and mouse as they pleased. Not only did the twelve-game series come to an abrupt end for the Germans without a defeat, it was also the end of Corona’s season with an experience of frustration that should remain in his clothes for a while – including discussions of sports leadership. and tackle its course.
Löw suffered the defeat as passively as his team. The Spanish did not stand out as a superior team and failed to win four games, but these Germans were easy prey for them on Tuesday, and it became even clearer that the long-awaited step to the top of Europe for Löw’s team is anything but a victory. . It is a sure success.
The Spanish mix of early and aggressive unrest was expected in connection with a powerful and confident passing game, but Löw’s team didn’t like it at all. For Luis Enrique’s team, it was the tried and true means of exposing German weaknesses in the back row. This was successful in the series, helped by individual mistakes and drowsiness.
After just five minutes, Löw’s team was lucky that Gündogan’s shot on the penalty area line against Olmo only resulted in a free kick. After a good quarter of an hour, Neuer was hit for the first time because the disoriented Gnabry was of no use to him when a corner kick from Fabian found Morata at the far post. After 23 minutes, the ball was in the German net for the second time, but Neuer raised his complaint arm for good reason: Morata had stopped one step away. He still hasn’t roused the German defensive. After half an hour, Neuers needed some great action to avoid the 2-0 draw against Torres. Three minutes later it was time, Olmo’s header bounced off the crossbar, but Torres was there. The 0: 3 resulted again from a corner kick, this time beaten by Fabián from the other side, with Rodrigo as receiver and Gündogan as passive guard.
Now it was clear that it would be a dark night. Torres took advantage of the German disorientation after the break to two more goals. Only then, at minute 77, did anything newsworthy happen that night. The German team shot on goal, it was Gnabry, and even hit something, if only on the crossbar.
