Defeated Ukraine, Germany usurped Spain’s top spot

In the situation of persecuting Spain, Germany understands that they are not allowed to stumble upon welcoming Ukraine. The psychological pressure made “The Tank” go wrong and make mistakes in the first minutes.

Yaremchuk soon opened the scoring for Ukraine, taking advantage of the loopholes in the German defense. However, just over 10 minutes later, Leroy Sane shone just in time to restore balance to the match and help Germany regain morale.

Forward Timo Werner shined with a double in two games to lead Germany to a 3-1 victory at home. This result was fully deserved when coach Joachim Loew’s army completely outplayed the game.

In the remaining match of Group A4, Spain drew 1-1 in the Swiss field. Germany climbed to the top of the table with 9 points, the next positions belonged to Spain (8 points) and Ukraine (6 points) and Switzerland (3 points) were hopeless.

In the final match of group A4 of the UEFA Nations League, Germany only needs to draw with Spain on 18 November to officially win the top of the table with the ticket to attend the semi-finals.

Assessing Ukraine’s strength, Germany plays a 3-4-3 diagram with Sane, Gnabry and Werner in attack. Gundogan and Goretzka take over the distribution of the ball in the midfield area.

The German team rushed to attack immediately after the opening whistle. At 3 minutes, Leon Goretzka shot with his left foot from the center of the area, but a little higher than Ukraine’s goal.

However, in the 12th minute, Ukraine suddenly had an opening goal. Zubkov made a powerful advance in the encirclement of the two German defenders before moving on to Yaremchuk to finish off the net against Neuer, opening the score 1-0 for Ukraine

After having a goal to take the lead, Ukraine actively retired to defense. However, they were very dangerous in counterattack situations and often surprised the Germans.

In the 23rd minute, Goretzka stole the ball and quickly passed it to Sane. The Bayern Munich player made a quick run, easily dribbling the Ukrainian defender before marking a 1-1 draw for Germany.

Just 3 minutes later, Goretzka tried his luck from afar, but the Ukraine goalkeeper read the situation well and blocked. In the 33rd minute, Goretzka was still in perfect control of the ball, coming in for Timo Werner to finish off the goal to increase the score to 2-1 for the hosts.

Going into the second half, both teams had attractive double attack situations. 52 minutes, Zinchenko finished near the penalty area, the ball narrowly deflected the spine. 5 minutes later, it was Sane’s turn to shoot with his left foot from the center of the area, but the ball went wrong.

In the 64th minute, Germany increased the score to 3-1 after a three-way combination between Guendogan, Ginter and Werner. Ginter stretched Werner, the ball lightly touching the foot of the Ukrainian defender before entering the net in the impotence of Ukraine.

Bad luck continued to haunt Ukraine as they lost two delicious opportunities in a row. A technical shot from the right by Bonfim defeated Neuer but hit the Germany post in the 75th minute.

10 minutes later, Moraes shot a dangerous distance, but once again the ball hit Neuer’s post. Subsequent efforts failed to bring the visitors to the points and Ukraine accepted a 1-3 defeat on the German field.

Thuy Anh