Biggest German loss since 1931: – A dark day

(Spain 6-0 Germany) A hat trick by Ferran Torres (20) and the great Spanish game ensured a historically ugly German defeat.

One has to go back to 1931 to find a similar loss. Then Germany lost 0-6 against Austria at home in Berlin. As well as if it is a 0-9 loss to the English amateur team in 1909, the German team’s fourth game in history, the only worst German defeat in history. The loss is, of course, also the biggest since Joachim Löw (60) took over as head coach in 2006.

“It was a dark day,” Löw told ARD.

– In the second half we tried to play man against man, push them, score a goal and return to the game. But the Spanish players played better, they were faster and more precise. We didn’t have a chance. We said that we trusted the players we had served and that we were on the right track. “We saw today that we are not as advanced in our development as we had thought and expected after the last game,” Löw told UEFA.

– It was a really bad day for us. Nothing worked. Body language and body strength were gone. We wanted to be brave and we wanted to attack, but neither attack nor defense worked for us. After letting in the first goal, we abandoned our ideas. We ran aimlessly and opened large rooms. Tonight was deadly, says Löw.

After remaining undefeated until 2020, few believed that similar numbers would become a reality for Löw and his men. Outside of Spain, however, the German team was nowhere near scoring the point necessary to win the group in the Nations League. Instead, they were played regularly by an energetic Spanish team, led by Manchester City’s summer signing Ferran Torres.

The 20-year-old did not give up until he had sent three balls into the net behind Manuel Neuer, and with a goal each from Álvaro Morata, Mikel Oyarzabal and Rodri, the scoreboard finally scored 6-0 for the home team. from Seville.

– Probably not the bitterest loss of my career, but clearly the biggest. That hurts. We don’t get them. Spain showed us how to attack, says Toni Kroos.

The match was Manuel Neuer’s 96th for Germany, which means that he is now the goalkeeper with the most caps for Germany. But there was no way the night he had wished:

It did not start out perfectly for the Spanish. After five minutes, they screamed for a penalty, but Swede Andreas Ekberg thought the offense occurred a few inches outside the 16 meters.

At ten minutes, the injured Sergio Canales took the count and went to the thigh. Fabián Ruiz ran down the stairs and it wasn’t long before the substitute left his mark.

After a little fight with the defender, Álvaro Morata finally got the ball in.

Morata put the ball back into the goal seven minutes later, but the offside flag went out for what was a very marginal decision. As so many times before for Morata, who according to Petter Veland, Viaplay expert in Spain he has had 13 goals disallowed for offside this year. He especially made a name for himself when he had three goals disallowed for offside in the same match in the Champions League three weeks ago. By comparison, you now have 11 approved goals in 2020.

– This was our best match with Luis Enrique (coach of Spain, journal.anm). We have to take a video and watch it again just to see how well we play. “Obviously we all want to play very well in every game,” Morata told UEFA.

Spain continued the great game, at the same time that the German team made more and more mistakes. Ferran Torres picked up the ball when Dani Olmo headed off the crossbar in the 34th minute and hit the goal. Four minutes later, another corner kick came from Ruiz, this time well headed by Rodri.

With 3-0 at halftime, Spain had total control of the victory and, therefore, also of the group in the Nations League. A small bit of joy was then that captain Sergio Ramos had to leave due to injury just before the break, but that did not slow the pace of the Spanish in the second half.

After a couple of good counterattacks, the fourth goal came in the 55th minute. José Gayà played free and Ferrán Torres scored in an open goal. But the Spanish did not give up there. Substitute Ruiz scored his third goal in the 72nd minute, when Torres scored his third goal with a magnificent shot from 16 meters.

Mikel Oyarzabal went 6-0 just before the end, thus securing the worst German defeat in 89 years.