Monumental debate in Spain – Germany received a slaughterhouse 0: 6

Monumental debate in Spain – Germany received a slaughterhouse 0: 6

A3: France 4-2 Sweden

World champion France, who already participated in the Final Four ahead of the final round of the Nations League, cemented the group’s victory with a 4-2 home win over Sweden. Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Marcus Thuram masterfully prepared the first two goals.

France – Sweden 4: 2 (2: 1)
Saint-Denis / Paris. – SR Kulbakow (BLR).
Tore: 4. Claesson 0: 1. 16. Giroud 1: 1. 36. Pavard 2: 1. 59. Giroud 3: 1. 88. Quaison 3: 2. 95. Coman 4: 2.

A3: Croatia – Portugal 2: 3

A serious mistake by Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic made the decision late. Ruben Dias profited and shot European champion Portugal to an away win.

Croatia – Portugal 2: 3 (1: 0)
Division. – SR Oliver (ENG).
Tore: 29. Kovacic 1-0. 52. Slides 1: 1. 60. João Felix 1: 2. 65. Kovacic 2-2. 90. Slides 2: 3. – Observations: 51. Yellow-red card against Rog (Croatia / foul).

A4: Spain 6-0 Germany

When a team like four-time world champions Germany takes their first shot on goal after 77 minutes, it speaks for itself. The DFB-Elf were already 0: 5 behind, it was a shameful performance from A to Z. Only once in their long history Germany lost even more: in 1909 they beat England 9-0.

“The national team is so willing to be killed here, it cannot be ruled out that Clemens Tönnies is now working for the DFB,” scoffed “11 Freunde” magazine in its ticker after Spain’s 3-0.

Löw: “Everything was wrong in all respects”

It wasn’t that national coach Jogi Löw nominated a B selection. For example, world champions Manuel Neuer and Toni Kroos were in the starting lineup and a total of five players from Champions League champion Bayern Munich. Löw’s position is likely to be questioned now more than ever. He took over the national team after the World Cup at home in 2006 and led them to the World Cup title in 2014. At the last World Championship of 2018 in Russia, the defending champion failed embarrassingly in the preliminary round . “Everything was wrong in all respects, it was pitch black,” Loew tried not to speak well at first, which is not pleasant to talk about.

No return from Hummels, Boateng and Müller

Löw stated: “Nothing at all worked. We wanted to be brave and play forward, but neither defense nor offense worked, no one can be ruled out. “At ARD, he once again rejected a possible return of eliminated world champions Mats Hummels, Jérôme Boateng and Thomas Müller: “We were on the right track. Now we have seen today that we are still not as far as we thought and hoped. So there is no reason to change anything at this time, we trust our players.”

It is up to the coach to decide who to nominate, said team coach Oliver Bierhoff. “At some point you should accept that too, if you decide to.” Confidence in Löw is absolutely there, “even this game doesn’t change that,” Bierhoff said.

Spain deserved to win at this level too, said Serge Gnabry at ARD: “We did it wrong, excuses don’t help. Now you know where you are. That gives us food for thought. “The problem, Kroos said, was” that we couldn’t get any defensive access. Spain taught us to defend. We have a lot to do. “Goalkeeper Neuer agreed:” It’s bitter and disappointing. That wasn’t enough of us, we totally screwed it up. We should have talked to each other more, that was not enough when it came to communication either. “

Spain – Germany 6: 0 (3: 0)
Seville. – SR Ekberg (SWE).
Tore: 17. Morata 1: 0. 33. Ferran Torres 2: 0. 38. Rodri 3: 0. 55. Ferran Torres 4: 0. 71. Ferran Torres 5: 0.
Spain: Simon; Sergi Roberto, Ramos (43. Garcia), Pau Torres, Gaya; Rodri, Canales (12. Fabian Ruiz); Olmo (73. Moreno), Koke, Ferran Torres (73. Asensio); Morata (73. Oyarzabal).
Germany: New; Ginter, Süle (46th Tah), Koch, Max; Goretzka (61st Neuhaus), Gündogan, Kroos; Sané (61 ° Waldschmidt), Gnabry, Werner (76 ° Henrichs).
Observations: Spain without Thiago Alcantara, Busquets, Carvajal, Fati and Navas (all injured), Germany without Rüdiger (suspended), Gosens, Halstenberg and Kimmich (all injured) and Havertz (coronavirus). Gnabry’s 77th picket shot. Warnings: 37 ° Koch (foul), 67 ° Tah (foul).

Force classes C and D

In a long-distance duel, Montenegro achieved promotion in the Group C1. They swept Cyprus 4-0 at home, while Luxembourg failed to overcome a 0-0 draw against Azerbaijan.

At Group D1 there was a direct duel in Malta. The Faroe Islands secured promotion thanks to a 1-1 draw.

Liechtenstein lost the victory in the Group D2. In Gibraltar, which thus won the group, the principality’s kickers achieved a 1: 1. Noah Frick equalized shortly before the break. (ram / sda)