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Having taken the lead three times and still not having won, the German soccer team has apparently forgotten how to win. Against Turkey, despite the new players, he shows old weaknesses and a pattern that already spoiled the mood against Spain and Switzerland.
What happened at the Cologne stadium?
Probably the most enjoyable part of the day at the German Football Association. Finally, early in the morning there were house searches at the association’s headquarters in Frankfurt am Main and at six “current and former” officials. The suspicion: serious tax evasion, according to the prosecution, it is said that those involved have “deliberately and incorrectly declared the income from perimeter advertising in international matches in 2014 and 2015 as income from asset management, for which the DFB incurs a taxation of around 4.7 million euros More than 200 officials participated in Hesse, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate, and if DFB President Fritz Keller had invited them all to the stadium , the backdrop in Cologne would have almost doubled.
Because the cathedral city only allowed a maximum of 300 spectators in the stadium, too many new infections with the corona virus had occurred in advance. However, this is a record for the German team in 2020, after all, the games against Spain (1: 1) and in Switzerland (1: 1) took place in front of completely empty stands. National coach Joachim Löw said before kick-off on RTL that he found the gloomy view from the stands “of course a disgrace”.
Likewise, several club coaches are likely to weigh the fact that the DFB still has an international test match on the already packed schedule. The hope of the association was to generate more income. But with an almost empty stadium, this plan only works to a limited extent and therefore, in view of the developments of the day, the only hope remains that the DFB now declares its income in such a way that the investigating authorities do not recognize no suspicions of crimes.
From a sporting point of view, Löw abstained from numerous professionals who are supposed to play Switzerland on Saturday in Ukraine and Tuesday in Cologne. (As long as crown cases do not impede the event). Because the starting lineup with Bernd Leno in goal, Robin Koch in defense, Florian Neuhaus, the 108th rookie of the Löw era, in midfield and Luca Waldschmidt in the storm. once it accumulates for Germany it is quite unlikely. Also because, along with Antonio Rüdiger, Nico Schulz and Julian Draxler, there were three professionals who lately had just started in the field of their clubs. That’s why Löw didn’t expect “any miracles” after just one training session.
Teams and goals
Germany: Leno – Can, Koch, Rüdiger (59th Tah) – Henrichs, Neuhaus (79th Dahoud), Brandt (86th Stark), Schulz (70th Gosens) – Havertz (90th Amiri), Waldschmidt, Draxler (59th Hofmann)). – Coach: Loew
Turkey: Günok – Sangare, Demiral, Ayhan (76. Kabak), Kaldirim – Tufan, Okay (63. Karaman) – Karaca (70. Tekdemir), Yazici (46. Toköz), Kilinc (46. Cengiz Ünder) – Enes Ünal (85 Lifetime). – Coach: Sun
Referee: Benoit Bastien (France)
Tore: 1: 0 Draxler (45 ° +1), 1: 1 Flood (50 °), 2: 1 Neuhaus (58 °), 2: 2 Roe (67 °), 3: 2 Waldschmidt (81 °), 3: 3 Karaman (90, + 4)
Spectators in Cologne: 300
Yellow cards: Rüdiger, Draxler, Can – Cengiz Ünder
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Sixth minute, no goal for Germany: Captain Julian Draxler plays the ball from the center to the right side, the new Leipzig Benjamin Henrichs crosses sharply inwards, where Luca Waldschmidt comes completely free until the end. Mert Günok stops this first big chance and Draxler, who has moved upwards, hits the goal, but is offside.
11. Minute: Emre Can prevents Turkey from taking the lead. Efecan Karaca shoots from twelve meters and Bernd Leno would have been powerless. How nice that Can gets between the ball and the goal and defends the shot with his body.
13. Minute: Next big opportunity for guests: Yusuf Yazici has plenty of room in the penalty area after Turkey’s drive down the left side, but is clearly deformed. It could be 0: 1 here.
18. Minute: Yellow for Rudiger. The defender, who was allowed to leave Chelsea but has not found a new club, clarifies Karaca. The card was won.
23. Minute: Yellow for Draxler. With the sole that caught his opponent, Turkey got a free kick to the center about 30 meters from the goal. The German team has so far received more reprimands than door deals. The creative variant – lob on the wall, then direct close – fades, Leno catches the ball safely.
26. Minute: The Turkish team often disturbs the German development game very well, but not this time. Draxler shoves the ball into the penalty area, puts it back on the edge of the area, Brandt aims flat in the left corner, but Günok is there. Still without goals with slight advantages for the guests playing in red.
37. Minute: Löw had expected “no miracle”, but that his team would implement it so consistently …
41. Minute: It becomes dangerous after a mistake by Günok in the set-up, at the end of which the goalkeeper defuses Waldschmidt’s shot towards the corner flag.
45 + 1. Minute: GOAL FOR GERMANY: Henrichs conquers the ball in his own court, Brandt puts on Havertz, whose brilliant vertical pass beats the Turkish defense, Draxler runs freely towards Günok and takes the lead. Then it’s halftime. In the parallel match, Liechtenstein leads 1-0 in Luxembourg at halftime, it would be Liechtenstein’s third victory in the fourth game between the Principality and the Grand Duchy.
Draxler scored for Germany for the first time in three years.
(Photo: imago images / Moritz Müller)
Halftime: “Play a little faster, it’s too cross-cross,” says RTL expert Lukas Podolski, and he’s right. The German team lacks determination in attack, although there is hardly any space left in front of an apparently well-prepared defense.
Minute 50: DOOR TO TURKEY: The guests push, Schulz plays the bad pass, then goes as fast as the opening goal. Kaan Ayhan meets Ozan Tufan, who first turns around his own axis and turns from 20 meters at a right angle, which is worth seeing. Good goal, well deserved compensation.
53. Minute: As a substitute at half-time, Cengiz Ünder tried to turn the game around. But Leno defends himself from the shot.
Minute 58: GOAL OF THE DEBUTANT: Florian Neuhaus puts Germany back in the lead. This time it goes through the middle. Can in Waldschmidt, who returns to Neuhaus. Havertz, in turn, recovered his pass directly, went free in front of Günok and scored.
Neuhaus made a very solid debut.
(Photo: imago images / Uwe Kraft)
62. Minute: Günok prevents 1: 3 – DFB-Elf on the left, Jonas Hofmann leads on the left, but Brandt misses from 15 meters above the goalkeeper.
Minute 67: GOAL FOR TURKEY: Karaca with a hard tackle against Neuhaus, the referee lets go and Karaca continues. That is, with the ball towards the goal to launch it there. The Germans want a free kick, but referee Bastien gives the goal and Can the yellow because he is too vehement. Rightly so, with VAR this hit probably wouldn’t have counted.
77. Minute: Yellow for Ünder, because he tests the durability of Brandt’s jersey, and wins because the DFB jersey rips. The warning is still given, and Brandt picks up a new jersey shortly after.
Minute 81: DEBUT DOOR FOR GERMANY: That’s what a striker wants. Ozan Kabak clarifies the filthiest things, namely exactly to Waldschmidt. First he takes the ball and then the measure and scores for the first time for the senior team.
87. Minute: Karaman very close to matching again. Niklas Stark fails to build, Kenan Karaman looks for the goal and finds the crossbar. Good luck for the German defense.
90 + 2. Minute: Almost a momentous handball for Leno. The DFB goalkeeper intercepts the ball, but crosses the 16-meter line – and manages to put the ball on the ground in good time without touching it outside the penalty area.
Karaman destroyed the German team’s hopes of victory.
(Photo: AP)
90 + 4. Minute: DOOR TO TURKEY: A lot of time, a lot of space, here you go. The German defense invites, Karaman gratefully accepts. Complete the combination after Ömür covers from the left half. From ten meters it crosses Leno’s legs. This means that Joachim Löw’s team is still without a win this year, even if it was only the third game. By the way, for the sake of completeness: Liechtenstein beats Luxembourg 2: 1.
What was good
That it was nothing and the late equalization is not a direct setback like the draws against Spain and Switzerland. Even the line-up made it clear how manageable sporting importance was, after all, there was no FC Bayern Munich player in him who otherwise had multiple regular players. It was an international test match that nobody really needed in sporting terms, after all, the days off in the season that started late are few and far between.
Otherwise, however, Kai Havertz showed why Chelsea wanted to sign him. With the first goal, his pass cut through the Turkish defense and Julian Draxler had no trouble getting ahead. The 21-year-old also set up the second German goal with a double with rookie Florian Neuhaus. However, Havertz also let it be known that it was only a test game, after all it was missing the final consequence.
Anyway, it was a night of debuts. Neuhaus scored his first goal in the first game and Luca Waldschmidt also scored for the German national team for the first time. In addition, national coach Jonas Hofmann and Mahmoud Dahoud got their first minutes in the DFB jersey and screwed the newcomers tally to 110 under their leadership. Jan Schlaudraff and Simon Rolfes have long ended their careers.
What was wrong
What has not worked for a long time in the German team. In all three games this year, the DFB-Elf led, not once did she come off the field as the winner. Against Spain and now also against Turkey, the tie fell seconds before the end. Certainly, the circumstances at this strange time are extraordinary, but that cannot be an excuse. Finally, after the final whistle on the RTL microphone, Löw was visibly “pissed off” and “disappointed” because: “This is an accompanying problem.” Currently, the DFB-Elf cannot manage an advantage because it cannot remain stable on the defensive in the long term. The 270 minutes against Spain, Switzerland and Turkey together, the German team took the lead five times and drew five times.
Sure, the team will never play like it did today, but that can’t be an excuse. Loew had ruled out “miracles” but hoped one or the other would recommend himself for the next League of Nations assignments. But you also have to ask Löw if his system suits the staff. Again he went for the chain of three, which should become a chain of five on the reverse. Time and time again, however, Turkey pushed to develop the game early on, and they did so successfully. But where would the vote come from if on the one hand there was only one common training session for this game and on the other hand there are several professionals on the field who are only used sporadically in their clubs?
What do those involved say?
National coach Joachim Löw: “Again at the last minute, that’s why you are disappointed and pissed off” and: “This is an accompanying problem.”
Acting Captain Julian Draxler: “We invited the Turks to score goals” and: “Start earlier. If you lead 2-1, you have to play with more confidence. We failed, that’s disappointing.”
