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Scored: Sane (23); Werner (33, 64) – Yaremchuk (12)
In the first leg of this season’s UEFA Nations League, Germany managed a 2-1 victory in Ukraine, but experts were not satisfied with that victory as both German goals carried the mark of luck and Germany overall. He played very ineffective when Joachim Loew’s costly attack only created the conditions for the opponent to shine, although in two previous matches Ukraine conceded 11 goals (against France and Spain). So after being defeated by Ukraine by 1 goal in the 75th minute, Germany also rallied to defend very poorly.
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It is no exaggeration to say that Germany has lost the dignity of the most successful team in Europe. The weak victory over Ukraine was Mannschaft’s only UEFA Nations League triumph since last season (the first time this tournament was held). Remember that in the 2018/19 Nations League, Germany ranked first in League A (only 4 teams) with 2 draws and 2 losses.
The cause of this insufficiency seems to be trainer Joachim Loew himself. The 60-year-old military leader blunted the idea more and more, bringing no breakthrough to the Mannschaft while his opponents made steady progress. German players are barely in the way they perform at the club when it comes to signing because Mannschaft is still “stuck” in the hybrid football between Tiqui-taca and Catenaccio.
Before the Ukraine reception, Germany won 1 and drew 3 in the last 4 home games. They even conceded 8 goals in the four home games mentioned above because the game’s deadlock often leads to confusion on the defensive side. Due to the absence of some key players, coach Joachim Low had to make some adjustments, such as midfielder Matthias Ginter being pushed to the right wing position.
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| Ukraine opened the scoring after Phillip Max’s mistake |
However, in general, Germany is still very strong with central midfielder Leon Goretzka – Ilkay Gundogan and especially trident Serge Gnabry – Timo Werner – Leroy Sane. Philipp Max (PSV Eindhoven) made his second match for the national team after a good performance on his debut (1-0 win in a friendly) a few days ago. With the aim of winning with the advantage of playing at home, Germany soon have opportunities.
In minute 6 Eduard Sobol was about to send the ball home after a low pass from Philipp Max. But it was because of Max’s inaccurate tackle and the situation that Robin Koch passed the ball, Germany had to admit. In the 12th minute, Oleksandr Zubkov took advantage of the German defender’s personal error to create Roman Yaremchuk for Manuel Neuer.
Being washed with cold water, Germany still played quite slow and slowly stretched Ukraine’s defense. In the 23rd minute, the tie table reached the players in white. Goretzka started when he took advantage of Oleksandr Zinchenko’s hesitant action to steal the ball, then put Sane’s gap and finished the level of the visiting net.
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| Sane returned the game to the starting line |
Exactly 10 minutes after Sane tied, Germany took the lead for the first time in this match with a striking attacking arrangement. Midfielder Koch suddenly threw a pass to break through Ukraine’s defense for Goretzka to penetrate the penalty area before “clearing the cover” for Werner to simply cushion the ball and give Die Mannschaft a 2-1 lead.
Going into the second half, Germany is still the team taking the lead. However, Neuer almost had to wade into the net to collect the ball for the second time in the 52nd minute when Zinchenko struck the foot of a white jersey defender and hit the post. After this throbbing ball, the home team pushed the squad to find more goals, avoiding the “long dream night” scene.
After 63 minutes, the score rose to 3-1 after an attack deployment situation as in German textbooks. Gundogan made a score with a forceful dribble and then cut the ball for Ginter for the defender to wear the number 4 jersey to help Werner complete the double.
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| Werner has an easy gadget to help Germany move forward successfully |
For the next time Ukraine tried to hit the ball, but it didn’t cause Germany much trouble. In particular, Marlos’ half-pass situation made Neuer jump in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, once again, he fortunately wandered away from the visitors as the ball hit the post. Meanwhile, Die Mannschaft also has some opportunities that they failed to grant Andriy Pyatov for the fourth time.
In the end, Germany beat Ukraine 3-1. The victory becomes even sweeter with Die Mannschaft because in the match at the same time, Spain only has 1 point in the Swiss field. With these results, Coach Low’s army rose to the top of the A4 table. The last match will have to be invited by the direct competitor Spain. To protect first place and have tickets to the Nations League finals, Germany cannot lose that match.
TEAM
ĐỨC (3-4-2-1): Manuel Neuer; Niklas Sule, Antonio Rudiger, Robin Koch; Matthias Ginter, Ilkay Gundogan, Leon Goretzka, Philipp Max; Leroy Sane (Waldschmidt 86 ‘), Serge Gnabry; Timo Werner (Brandt 76 ‘).
UKRAINE (4-3-3): Andriy Pyatovl; Yukhym Konoplya, Mykola Matvyenko, Illia Zabarnyi, Eduard Sobol; Taras Stepanenko (Makarenko 69 ‘), Ruslan Malinovskyi, Oleksandr Zinchenko (Kharatin 86’); Oleksandr Zubkov (Mykhaylichenko 74 ‘), Roman Yaremchuk (Júnior Moraes 75’), Marlos Bonfim.
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