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Germany is shaming itself to the bone in Spain
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Germany offers a shameful performance in Spain. The national team does not defend itself from massive defeat and surrenders to its fate from the start. National coach Joachim Löw will have many questions to answer.
reThe German soccer team is experiencing a debacle in Spain. Joachim Löw’s team gives an embarrassing performance in the Nations League and loses the group final 0: 6 (0: 3). It is the biggest defeat by a German team since 1931.
“It is not the bitterest defeat, but it is one of the clearest. It hurt to look. The problem is, we didn’t get any access on defense. Spain showed us everything. We also have to analyze the game in the direction of EM. We have a lot to do, as you can see, ”said Toni Kroos.
The performance of the national team was shameful, the team did not develop a real scoring opportunity and did not fight defeat. Spain was always a quicker step and disarmed the German defense time and time again with direct play. The Germans also lagged behind in midfield and made many serious mistakes in building the game. Spain dominated the game from start to finish.
Germany were very lucky when Ilkay Gündogan fouled Dani Olmo on the edge of the area in the fifth minute and referee Andreas Ekberg gave the free kick. A wrong decision, Gündogan had hit the Leipziger inside the penalty area.
The team leaves Neuer in the lurch
The leadership of the Spanish was only postponed. Twelve minutes later the moment had arrived: Fabián took a corner in the long run, where Serge Gnabry was irretrievably defeated by Álvaro Morata in a head duel. The forward headed from very close to make it 1-0 for Spain. Manuel Neuer, who replaced Sepp Maier as the German goalkeeper record holder with his 96th international game, was powerless.
In the 29th minute he showed his extra class when Ferran Torres appeared free in front of him and directed the Spaniard’s shot with a defensive foot to the corner. It would be his only good scene in the first half.
The German defense disappointed their goalkeeper. Olmo pushed after a cross against Koch, his header hitting the crossbar. Ferran Torres hit the rebound in the far corner to make it 2-0 (33rd). Five minutes later, Rodrigo headed in 3-0 from a corner. It was the end of the first part in which Spain shook Germany hard.
There was also a class difference in the second half. The German team made one mistake after another in the structure of the game. The Spanish take advantage of this mercilessly – Torres scored 4-0 (55th). A delay with which Germany was still well served.
Germany is not fighting defeat
The team simply endured the defeat and did not defend themselves. The first real foul after a duel was committed by Jonathan Tah in the 67th minute. It didn’t help, the national team continued to sleep and invited Torres to score his third goal. The striker scored 5-0 without resistance.
Loew was already sitting on his bench in dismay. He refused to influence the game from outside. He watched motionless as his team was destroyed by the Spanish. The 60-year-old coach had to watch Mikel Oyarzabal score 6-0 for the Spanish.
Due to the applause, the national team loses the championship lead to Spain and misses the semi-finals of the Nations League. Compared to the appearance of the team in Seville, a trifle.