Julian Nagelsmann suffered his first defeat in his third game as national coach. In Nagelsmann’s home debut in Berlin – the previous games had taken place in North America – the DFB team lost 2-3 to European Championship participants Turkey. Nagelsmann was able to gain a number of positive insights – especially because of the diverse creative solutions on the offensive, and above all because of the imaginative contributions of Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz. But the crux of the matter was the defense, which showed a surprising amount of nakedness. On an evening when Nagelsmann wanted to see defensive stability above all else.
