2023-06-12 18:40:25
A year before the start of the European Championship at home, the German national soccer team had to put up with a mood dampener in the 1000th international match in their history once morest the Ukraine. In Bremen, Hansi Flick’s team saved a 3: 3 (1: 2) in the finish on Monday following being 1: 3 behind. As with the 2: 3 in the test once morest Belgium at the end of March, Black-Red-Gold disappointed defensively.
Bremen’s local hero Niclas Füllkrug deflected a shot from Marius Wolf to make it 1-0 on his seventh goal in seven internationals (6′). Wiktor Zygankow (18′) and Antonio Rüdiger (23’/own goal) turned the game around for the guests with a double strike. The outstanding Zygankow (56th) increased later. Substitute Kai Havertz (83rd) and Joshua Kimmich with a penalty kick (91st) made the draw late.
Even if the charity game was dedicated to supporting Ukraine, it was a sportingly questionable evening from the DFB’s point of view. There were also whistles for the filling jug substitution at the break. The pressure on Flick is growing ahead of further tests in Poland (Friday) and once morest Colombia (June 20). The three-man defense chain with Nico Schlotterbeck, Matthias Ginter and Rüdiger, which the 58-year-old tested for the first time, proved to be extremely full of holes. There were speed deficits and many weaknesses in positional play, the experiment was ended at the break and switched to a back four.
“That’s exactly what we have to stop – the mistakes back and forth, the exploitation of opportunities,” said Kimmich following the game. “I think we got into the game quite well. We took the lead early. (…) We then conceded two stupid goals, one following a long ball, the other following a mistake in opening the game.” The third goal conceded in the second half then fell following an “easily preventable error”.
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