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The German team achieved a deserved success in a friendly against the Czech Republic with a B-Elf. The completely newly formed team of national coach Joachim Löw showed in some phases a joy that was not seen in a long time.
By Jörg Strohschein
It was a refreshing performance over long periods by the German national team, who will probably never appear in this lineup again. The DFB-Elf won the test match in Leipzig on Wednesday night (11/11/2020) deservedly 1-0 (1-0). In this match, which took place without spectators, national coach Joachim Löw gave the hopeful second row of the national team a chance to introduce themselves, and some young professionals used this for self-promotion and offered themselves as a real alternative for the national team. TO.
“We probably won’t play together in this constellation. The guys really got involved. We could have extended our lead in the first half. We defended the lead in the second. You could tell we really wanted to win the game. That was good,” Loew said.
Ilkay Gündogan was generally satisfied with the performance of the young German team. “We did very well at times. We should have scored one goal or another,” said the midfielder, who also had an explanation for the not so good second half. “We had a couple of guys where you noticed they were very nervous. If an action doesn’t work, then the nervousness increases again and you don’t want to make a mistake. The important thing is that you forgive the guys for that.”
Waldschmidt scores the decisive blow
After some minor coordination problems in the opening minutes, the German B-Elf started off with a lot of energy and courage. The first two targeting approaches have not yet been successful. After 13 minutes, midfielder Florian Neuhaus grabbed the ball and threw it from 20 meters. Czech goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka initially fought to the side, Philipp Max passed the ball directly in front of the goal, where forward Luca Waldschmidt effortlessly converted the 1-0 from five meters.
Convincing newcomers
The young German team then attempted a controlled but risky preparation of the game from their own penalty area. The Czechs, who were also severely weakened by the crown pandemic, acted with very high offensive pressure to win the ball early, which they did from time to time. The DFB team survived these dangerous situations unscathed, also because goalkeeper Kevin Trapp was on the lookout for the Czechs’ attempts to shoot.
Especially the DFB debutants on the flanks, Ridle Baku on the right and Philipp Max on the left, boosted their team’s play time and time again and showed no nervousness. Neuhaus, Julian Brandt and Ilkay Gündogan at the venue always sought depth, won many duels, let the ball roll through their own sight lines and repeatedly initiated promising offensive actions. Too often there was a lack of efficiency against the opposing goal.
The German team could have gone into the break with a higher lead, but Nadiem Amiri missed with a double chance just before the break against goalkeeper Pavlenka twice within seconds.
Slight initial difficulties
Also in the second half, the German team needed a few minutes to take control of the game and create more scoring opportunities. Neuhaus, especially, put on an offensive accent, but his titles were too vague. Second-half substitute Mahmoud Dahoud started on his own in the 61st minute, but his shot from 14 meters also missed the Czech goal.
The longer the game lasted, the more the Löw-Elf’s offensive swing diminished. The Czechs tried to use this for themselves, at one time or another they approached the German goal. But for a long time they couldn’t develop a real goal threat. The German defense was mostly concentrated and goalkeeper Trapp stopped the few shots with little effort.
Neuhaus just hits the post
But also in the second half, in which the efforts became much clearer, the DFB-Elf was able to achieve another goal. Neuhaus hit the post with a brutal shot from the second row in the 76th minute. “It’s a shame he doesn’t come in,” Neuhaus said. “That would have been the preliminary decision. The victory was important. But we lost the second goal and we made life difficult.”
There was still a lack of the necessary precision in the final, even with more shots on target from Neuhaus and Dahoud. Eight minutes before the end, Trapp had to use all his skills after a header from attacker Matej Vydra. In the end, the B-Elf brought the game over time unscathed.
Topic in: ARD morning magazine, Das Erste, Thursday, November 12, 2020, from 5.30 am
Those: sportschau.de
