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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
In an intense and entertaining Nations League match, the national team was almost composed of the best players twice in the game against Switzerland after falling behind, but in the end they did not overcome a draw. Mistakes accumulate defensively.
Fatal defensive mistakes and magic goals: After a roller coaster with several loops, the pressure on national coach Joachim Löw increases in the German soccer team. With the four defenders called up by the critic Bastian Schweinsteiger and the offensive personnel changed, the DFB-Elf only managed a 3: 3 (1: 2) in the Nations League against Switzerland.
Löw wanted to create a more offensive dynamic by moving away from the three-man chain. However, the defense was clearly the weak point: they were wrong in the ghost game in Cologne with all three goals.
Before Mario Gavranovic’s 0: 1 (5th), he missed the offside trap. With Remo Freuler 0: 2 (26th), the defense was exposed after a poor turnover by the jubilant Toni Kroos in his 100th international game. Timo Werner (28th) and Kai Havertz (55th) recovered the German team, but a new defensive error brought Gavranovic to 2: 3 (57th). Serge Gnabry hoed to the final score (60th).
Early goal conceded
For Löw, the game was another opportunity not only to meet his critics verbally. Schweinsteiger, Lothar Matthäus, Berti Vogts – three generations of world champions had complained about tactics, staff and behavior. Löw first shrugged: “We have a plan and we will follow it.” However, he changed his defensive formation, which spoke very well for an open ear. Robin Gosens at the rear left, 100 million euro man Havertz on a variable three-way offensive series and his Chelsea colleague Werner at the top joined the team. “We want to play in the rear quickly and shoot a lot more speed,” said ARD’s Löw. Julian Draxler, Niklas Süle and Marcel Halstenberg were left out.
Kroos wore a special jersey with the gold “100”, he was close to a goal (45th), Werner could have made more of his direct pass (26th). Attention quickly turned to the goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer had to save Xherdan Shaqiri in a desperate situation (4th), after the next corner Gavranovic was left alone. His header fell into the goal behind Neuer. Then, Bayern goalkeeper Haris Seferovic shot almost 2-0 (15th): He was obviously not that far off with concentration. Havertz, Gnabry and Goretzka launched an offense, the midfield was quickly overtaken, but the spaces in the penalty area were extremely tight with a few exceptions (Gosens, 35th). The many, many flanks and balls of chips, most on the right, brought little revenue.
Up and down at the end
Very different in Switzerland, which struck again mercilessly after a counterattack. Kroos had made a bad pass in the center of the field. Werner recovered the DFB-Elf with lightning speed after taking the ball in Havertz, but Löw was utterly dissatisfied on the bench.
His team came out of the break powerful and more consistent. Werner and Havertz, who hit the post in front of their goal (49th), radiated more danger. The Swiss, a “Team Bundesliga 2”, was pushed into his field and only released sporadically, but then very dangerous, as in 2: 3, in which Joshua Kimmich did not get the ball out of the penalty area in his 50 International match. . Gavranovic hit with a powerful shot, Neuer could not react.
The game was now an uphill and downhill ride. After 3: 3, the German team moved energetically up front, substitute Draxler (81st) narrowly missed. Fabian Schär saw yellow-red in injury time.
