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Thursday, March 25, 2021
Goals, strength, fun against Iceland
DFB-Elf shows strong reaction after Spain debacle
Precision, deep runs, counter-pressures, goals: the German soccer team clearly wins the start of the international year and qualification for the World Cup against Iceland. Especially in the first half, the DFB-Elf convinces in Joachim Löw’s first game after the announcement of his resignation.
Dream Start After Crown Impact: Joachim Löw made a perfect start to his latest adventure. The sovereign 3-0 (2-0) of the German soccer team against outsider Iceland was a balm for the painful wound in Spain – and on the long road to Qatar immediately the long-awaited clear signal. Playful class, the fastest lightning start with two goals in a competitive match for 52 years and a clear message for the controversial host of the World Cup on the subject of human rights: the great uncertainty after Jonas Hofmann’s positive in the Corona test In the morning it was during the easy gallop in the year EM was not felt in any phase.
“We let the ball run well, we create opportunities. We have a certain responsibility because we have the quality,” İlkay Gündoğan said on RTL. Leon Goretzka said: “The first goals played on our cards and made our game well. We brought the passion to play for our country on the field.” Löw praised after the end of the match: “We started with a lot of energy and dynamics. The team had the right attitude, the victory was sovereign. But of course I see room for improvement in our game.”
Goretzka (3rd), Kai Havertz (7th) and Gündoğan (56th) met in Duisburg for the DFB team that seemed to transform. And the national coach Löw, who was still so lethargic in Seville in November, returned to training on the bench as committed as he did during the best times of the world championship. “From the first minute we played at full speed. It’s a lot of fun to watch,” praised new RTL expert Uli Hoeneß at half-time.
During the line-up of the national anthems, each player wore a black jersey with a white letter; together, the strong message was: “HUMAN RIGHTS.” “We want to make it clear to society that we are not ignoring this, but rather making it very clear what conditions should prevail,” said Goretzka: “We write the letters ourselves. We have a wide range, and we can use them wonderfully to create symbols to set the values we want to represent. That was clear. “
“The masterpiece” dominates the midfield
Soon after, the team surrounding the rarely tested captain Manuel Neuer was immediately there for kickoff. Gerd Müller and Wolfgang Overath, who only needed five minutes to score two goals in qualifying for the May 1969 World Cup against Cyprus (12-0), scored faster than Goretzka and Havertz. A lot of movement even without the ball, constant disposition, a lot of will: the DFB team followed Löw’s words with deeds. “The need to show that we are better than in Spain is enormous for me, with the players as well,” stressed the national coach again, who left in the summer, shortly before the game.
An important sign of the DFB-Elf.
(Photo: imago images / Ulrich Hufnagel)
And although there were six players who had also been in the starting eleven in the historic 6-0 misfortune in Seville, their team played as a substitute. The preparation was not only interrupted by the Hofmann test. Like the Gladbacher, Marcel Halstenberg was unavailable after a “stupid game of backgammon” (Oliver Bierhoff, director of the DFB) with Hofmann. Previously, Rio world champions Toni Kroos, Niklas Süle and Robin Gosens had to pass. The youngster from Bayern Jamal Musiala (79th) made his debut as a joker.
Löw didn’t want to “complain” anyway, and conjured up a somewhat surprising lineup: Leipzig’s Lukas Klostermann gave a very offensive right-back, Dortmund’s Emre Can had to play on the unknown left. Before that, the midfield, praised by Hoeneß as a “masterpiece”, dominated the serious Vikings. The ubiquitous coach Joshua Kimmich, who had been deeply missed in Spain, started the first two goals with surgically accurate passports.
In both 1-0 and 2-0 he met a Munich teammate in Serge Gnabry and Leroy Sané who was playing for the scorer. After the first goal, Goretzka proudly patted the eagle on the new black away jersey. After direct acceptance by Havertz, who was allowed to start in place of Chelsea colleague Timo Werner, Löw clapped his hands up. He didn’t like one or another minor phase of weakness in the second half. But this time Löw bravely intervened and corrected aloud. Gnabry listened carefully and hit the post (70).
