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Thanks to the double Timo Werner, the German team is looking for a group victory in the Nations League.
National coach Joachim Löw’s team prevailed in the penultimate match against Ukraine despite a false start with 3: 1 (2: 1) and will fight for first place in the final match against chasing Spain on Tuesday (1: 1 against Switzerland). (Service: Nations League tables)
“It was a very difficult match,” said Leon Goretzka. ZDF zu: “In our current situation, you just win help, we made it, so it was a successful night.”
The game in Leipzig was on the brink due to five crown cases in the Ukrainian team, the decision that the game could take place was only four hours before kick-off. (Service: Nations League Schedule and Results)
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Ex-Leipzig Werner puts together a double pack
Leroy Sané (23rd) and Timo Werner (33rd, 64th) turned the game around with their goals after Roman Yaremchuk (12th) fell behind and gave goalkeeper Manuel Neuer a successful record game. With his 95th international game, the captain set the German goalkeeper record for Sepp Maier. Due to success, the DFB team has been undefeated in twelve games since September 2019.
“We could have avoided the Ukrainian leadership,” said Sané im ZDF. “We got off to a good start and we had some chances. But the way we came back, the way we continued, it was good. Of course we made some mistakes in the game, but that’s still a small part. I’m proud of them Team, the most important thing was that we left here with a positive victory.
Löw was able to address his stated goal of “polishing automation” with a view to EM. For this, the national coach had considered a surprising tactical measure. Robin Koch initially dropped back on the chain of three from time to time when he was six years old. The DFB team switched between a 3-4-3 system and a 4-1-2-3 system. (The game to read on TICKER)
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The well-known defensive problems became visible again after Leon Goretzka (3rd) had a first chance. Despite the return of defense chief Niklas Süle, the Ukrainians posed problems for the four-time world champion with their quick combination play at one time or another.
Ukraine surprises shaky DFB defense
When they conceded, Koch and Philipp Max failed to clear up the situation in their own penalty area, Yaremchuk giving Neuer no chance with his hard shot. This meant that the captain’s goal was from the beginning to maintain his record game without conceding a goal.
The hosts were only briefly surprised by the shortfall. Especially the strong Goretzka broke the game. His won ball and a skillful pass to Sane made the game even.
The DFB team continued to dominate the game afterwards, but were quite susceptible to some counter-attack situations. Löw now ordered Ilkay Gündogan to join Koch in the double six, initial exchanges halted.
Goretzka missed with his long-range shot at goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov (26th), then Koch started the first goal with a thoughtful pass to the Munich player. Goretzka’s flank was beheaded by ex-Leipzig Timo Werner at his former workplace. Loew clapped his hands with satisfaction.
Ukraine hit the post three times
But after the change, the 60-year-old had to survive a moment of shock. Süle deflected a shot by Oleksandr Zinchenko (52nd) from the outside post.
The hosts lagged a bit behind in this phase but then quickly switched over with their turbo trio at the top. Sane hesitated too much on his chance (57th), Serge Gnabry made a clear move (61st). Werner did better after Gündogan and Matthias Ginter did a good preparatory job, this time Löw clenched his fist. In the 75th minute, Neuer was lucky when the ball hit the post after a shot from Marlos. Substitute Junior Moraes also hit Aluminio (82º).
The central Antonio Rüdiger is not in Seville after his second yellow card in the Nations League. Toni Kroos, who was suspended against Ukraine, will return.
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With sports information service (SID)
