Germany won this Saturday 2-0 in Lyon in a friendly against Francea confrontation between two of the candidates to win the Euro 2024when there are barely three months left until the start of the tournament that will be played on German soil.
At the Groupama Stadium, Lyon’s home ground located on the outskirts of the city, Julian Nagelsmann’s men wasted no time in showing that, despite being a friendly, they were going to take it very seriously: Florian Wirtzone of the key pieces of Xabi Alonso’s sensational Bayer Leverkusen, opened the scoring after 7 seconds, which became the fastest goal in the history of the German national team.
After receiving the kick-off, Toni Kroos, on his return to the ‘Mannschaft’, sent a long ball seeking the unmarking of Wirtz, who after controlling did not hesitate to shoot 25 meters from the goal defended by Brice Samba, who could only follow with the look how the shot turned into a goal.
Already in the second half, a pass from Wirtz left Jamal Musiala in the area in front of Samba, and after running towards the back line, the Bayern Munich attacker decided to send a pass to the center of the area, where Kai Havertz appeared to double the advantage (49).
Kroos’ great game in the center of Germany reinforced Nagelsmann’s controversial bid to call him up again, after three years retired from the national team. The German coach thus managed to add a second victory in his fifth game in charge, after suffering two defeats in the November international window.
For their part, the stars of France and especially Kylian Mbappé were discreet, in a match in which, for the first time in seven years, Antoine Griezmann did not play, after being dropped from the squad due to an ankle injury.
Didier Deschamps’ men missed the creativity of the ‘Little Prince’ and after the defeat they will seek to make up for it on Tuesday, when they host Chile at the Velodrome in Marseille, while Germany will have another difficult test hosting the Netherlands in Frankfurt.
At Euro 2024 the hosts will face Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland in group A. France, for its part, is in group D and will face the Netherlands, Austria and the winner of the playoff between Poland and Wales, which will also be played on Tuesday.
Source: Ambito
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