An agonizing goal Niclas Füllkrug, header in the 92nd minute, gave Germany a draw against Switzerland (1-1), which guarantees them first place in group A after a match in which those led by Julian Nagelsmann went through many problems throughout the minutes. ninety minutes. After the tie, Switzerland advances to the round of 16 as second in group A.
The Swiss managed to close the spaces for Germany practically from the beginning and Julian Nagelsmann’s team found it difficult to find their way into the opponent’s area.
Except for an overflow by Jamal Musiala in the 2nd minute – which ended with a cross into the area in which Schär avoided Ilkay Güngogan’s shot – there was little that Germany could offer near the goal of Yann Sommer.
In the 17th minute Robert Andrich seemed to break the deadlock by scoring with a mid-range shot but referee Daniele Orsato, after consulting the VAR images, annulled the goal due to a previous foul by Musiala on Schär.
Switzerland waited for their chances and when they had them they took advantage. Rieder played with Freuler and he crossed the ball to Bologna forward Ndoye, who scored from close range in the 29th minute.
The goal against increased the urgency of Germany, which still could not find the formula for the Swiss approach. Except for the disallowed goal against Andrich, Germany had no clear chances throughout the first half. Ndoye, on the other hand, was able to score even the second in a deflected shot after winning a duel in speed with Antonio Rüdiger
In the second half, Germany improved a little and had some good situations (a shot by Musiala that was too centered from the crescent, another by Kroos that was deflected and an excellent play by Florian Wirtz in the 70th minute that ended with a good cross that Joshua Kimmich missed. managed to finish), but he continued to suffer a lot.
Coach Julian Nagelsmann moved the bench. Leroy Sané, Niko Schlotterbeck, Maximilian Beier, Tobias Raum and Niclas Füllkrug enteredThe entry of Füllkrug and the departure of Musiala and Wirtz, were a declaration of intent. Attempts to reach the ball had failed and we had to look for crosses into the area, where the Dortmund striker was waiting.
The crosses took a while to arrive, but towards the end (92nd minute) Raum found the formula from the left wing with a cross that found Füllkrug’s head for him to send the ball into the back of the net.
For the round of 16 match, Germany will not be able to count on the centre-back Jonatah Tah, who saw his second yellow card.
Datasheet:
1 – Switzerland: Sommer; Schár, Akanji, Rodríguez; Widmer, Freuler, Xhaka, Aebischer; Rieder (Vargas, 65); Ndoye (Amdouni, 65), Embolo (Duah, 65)
1 – Germany: Neuer; Kimmich, Rüdiger, Tah, Mittelstädt; Andrich (Beier 66), Kroos; Gündogan; Musiala (Füllkrug, 76), Wirtz (Sané, 76); Havertz.
Goals: 1-0: min 29, Ndoye. 1-1: min 92, Füllkrug, header.
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy). Booked Ndoye, Tah, Xhaka, Widmer
Incidents: Group A match of Euro 2024 played at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt.
2024-06-23 21:16:26
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