First the sneaks from the video cellar cancel his debut goal, then Jamie Leweling secures the colorful 1-0 win against the Netherlands. The German national team moves surprisingly confidently into the quarter-finals of the Nations League for the first time.
Benjamin Glück is not very prominent, you could say that. If you were to confront innocent people on the street with this name, quite a few would probably guess that it was the hero of a children’s book (“The Incredible Adventures of Benjamin Glück”). In truth, this is a very real man, but she hardly knew what suddenly happened to him. When Glück, 38, appeared on the video wall of the Munich Arena shortly after eight in the evening, there was about as much applause as Adele and Taylor Swift in the same city the other day. However, luck, after all assistant coach and long-time companion of national coach Julian Nagelsmann, was not meant at all. Standing next to him, in an almost blue jacket, was Thomas Müller.
