The game of the team of national coach Hansi Flick in Skopje is overshadowed by unsightly scenes at the beginning. The focus: Joshua Kimmich – in standard situations of the DFB-Elf.
Scenes that no football fan wants to see – and no footballer wants to experience: At the World Cup qualifying match between the German national team and North Macedonia they became – once again – a sad reality. Affected: National player Joshua Kimmich.
What happened?
The FC Bayern midfielder ran to the corner flag twice to take a corner kick and stood up to shoot. And two times it was clearly visible in the TV pictures: A large, green point of light that ran over Kimmich’s face, was supposed to dazzle him and disturb him at the corner.
Somewhere in the stands, a trailer apparently smuggled a laser pointer into the stadium. At the second Kimmich corner in the 18th minute, referee Danny Makkelie interrupted briefly in the hope that the disturbance would end. Kimmich then took the corner anyway – it brought nothing.
The rest of the game ran until half-time without any further influence from the audience – but it is quite possible that the action will have an aftermath.
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