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Later shock in the prestigious duel: a bitter goal conceded in the last second cost the German team a victorious restart after the longest international break in 70 years. (LIVETICKER to read)
After the final whistle, Joachim Löw stared at the grass and put his hands on his hips, somewhat frustrated. In the first game after 289 days, the national team’s team looked like the winner at the start of the Nations League in Stuttgart against Spain after a goal by Timo Werner (51st), before José Gaya (90th + 6th) tied at 1: 1 (0: 0) succeeded. (Service: Nations League GAME PLAN)
Ironically, rookie Robin Gosens was the unlucky one, as the left-back saved the offside before conceding a late goal. “I’ve learned something again. I thought if I was behind the line, I wouldn’t be in the game anymore,” Gosens said. ZDF: “I’m really upset that we made this goal in the last second.”
The tie in the tricky cold start went down in the annals for a different reason: due to Corona’s requirements, it was the first ghost game in the history of German international matches. Striker Werner had to celebrate his 12th international goal with the introduction of rookie Robin Gosens in his hometown of Stuttgart, in front of empty ranks.
Gosens surprised by the offside whistle
“It’s very annoying, we put a lot into the game, we ran a lot,” Werner said im ZDF: “After the goal, we may have been pushed too far back.”
Without Munich’s four triple heroes around goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and scorer Serge Gnabry, there was still no automatism in the DFB team, but Werner and company were able to fight the Spaniards, who had previously been unbeaten in eleven games. The second game of the Nations League group stage is scheduled for Germany against Switzerland next Sunday in Basel.
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The DFB would have liked to invite 500 people selected from the health sector to the first international match of the year, but UEFA rejected this request with reference to a uniform solution.
Löw put his trust in the 106th rookie of his era early on: Atalanta Bergamo’s flying Gosens started on the left side of defense. Niklas Süle and Leroy Sane, who had been injured for months, celebrated their return, and New Munich’s Sane immediately proved to be a refreshing element in attacking play.
Before kick-off, Löw demanded “presence and aggression” against the strong 2010 World Champion, and the players went bravely at the pressure at first. The rewards were first chances through Thilo Kehrer (11th), Julian Draxler (14th) and Sane (18th), but the defense was not always stable.
Numerous opportunities on both sides
After a risky back pass from the insecure Emre Can, goalkeeper Kevin Trapp, who replaced the recently arrived save and the injured Marc-Andre ter Stegen, passed the ball first, only to remove it from the foot of Rodrigo Moreno, who was ready. to fire on the second try (14). . Shortly before the halftime whistle, the Frankfurt goalkeeper again stopped the Spanish striker, who had left Can badly in the race duel.
The guests, who are also undergoing a personnel change, were far from the usual security and control of the ball. The DFB team, from which some players such as substitute captain Toni Kroos were coming straight from vacation, acted tough, but also with numerous replay errors and coordination problems. This is one of the reasons why the show did not take place at the Stuttgart Arena.
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After the break, things got a bit more lively, which was also due to the quick 1-0 lead. The Spaniards, with whom Ansu Fati (FC Barcelona), 17, made his debut in the second half as the youngest player since World War II, are now pushing more and more into the tie.
However, this also resulted in spaces for Löw’s team to counter. Werner missed a great opportunity to make it 2-0 in the 61st minute. Referee Daniele Orsato denied recognition of a Fatis header for a foul (90 + 1).
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with sports information service (SID)
