The German national team continued its resurrection, shown by positive performances at the European Championship held in their own country where they reached the quarter-finals, crush Hungary 5-0 at Dusseldorf.
Niclas Füllkrug scored in the first half and Germany scored four goals in the second through Jamal Musiala, Florian Wirtz, Aleksandar Pavlovic and Kai Havertz.
After the misfortune experienced in the Euro Cup with Mikel Merino’s agonizing header, Julian Nagelsmann’s men, without the old guard after the retirement of Manuel Neuer, Toni Kroos, Ilkay Gündogan and Thomas Müller, They went to the match with a very offensive eleven and the presence of the pair Havertz and Füllkrug up front.
Kimmich was the first to take over as captain, but the one who took control was Jamal Musiala, who in the 90 minutes brought out his most generous side, continually giving assists to his teammates in attack.
The German persistence paid off in the 27th minute, after a masterful control of the ball by the Bayern winger, who crossed and found the target of Füllkrug, the West Ham striker.
From then on, there was only one team on the pitch. The German team began to show off the creativity of their skilful midfielders and the chances came in a frenetic flow.
Musiala headed in off the near post of Gulácsi to make it 2-0 in the 57th minute. Just 10 minutes later, Florian Wirtz made it 3-0. Aleksandar Pavlovic made it 4-0 in the 77th minute after coming on as a substitute and Kai Havertz rounded off the lead from the penalty spot in the 81st minute.
The champions want to return to victory
In a country associated with good memories like Switzerland, where Spain has never lost in eleven visits, which ended with eight victories, but with a draw in a recurring duel in recent years, the European champion team of Luis de la Fuente wants to find its way back to winning ways with the return of Rodri Hernández as general and adjustments to improve the physical condition compared to the draw in Belgrade against Serbia.
He has yet to play a single minute for his club, Manchester City. He has barely had any pre-season and is far from being in top physical shape. But Rodri wants to regain command of the national team with the captain’s armband. Injured in the Euro final on July 14, the question of whether he will return as a starter or during the match in Geneva remains to be answered.
Today, Spain plays in the same stadium where Spain won on its last visit but with a pitch in worse condition. In 2022, with Luis Enrique Martínez on the bench, to change the course of that Nations League that started crookedly with a solitary goal from Pablo Sarabia.
