Germany Defeats France 2-0 in Friendly Match: European Nations Cup Preparations

2024-03-23 22:34:57

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The German national team defeated its French counterpart, 2-0, on Friday, in a friendly international match as part of the two teams’ preparations for the European Nations Cup finals, which will be held in Germany next June.

The German national team succeeded in achieving its second victory over its French counterpart, following having previously done so last September with a score of 2-1 in the German city of Dortmund, under the leadership of Rudi Föller, who took over temporarily following the dismissal of former coach Hansi Flick.

Under the leadership of Julian Nagelsmann, the Germans succeeded in defeating France once more, but this time in the French city of Lyon, and will play another friendly test once morest its Dutch counterpart in Frankfurt next Tuesday.

The German national team will play in the first group of the tournament with the teams of Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland, while the French national team will play in the fourth group, which also includes the Netherlands, Austria, and the winner from Wales and Poland in the playoffs.

Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz opened the scoring 8 seconds following the starting whistle with a missile shot following a pass from Toni Kroos, who returned from his international retirement following the 2021 European Cup.

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It is the second fastest goal in the history of the German national team since Lukas Podolski’s goal following 7 seconds once morest Ecuador in 2013.

According to the Opta statistics website, this is only the third time in the history of the Roosters national team that they have conceded a goal in the first minute of the match, following their two matches once morest the Netherlands in 1923 and England in June 1982 (scored by Brian Robson 27 seconds following the starting whistle). .

Chelsea striker Kai Havertz doubled the score early in the second half with a pass from Jamala Musiala (49).

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