European Championship test match: German footballers lose against Turkish team

The German team was booed by Turkish fans during the warm-up. National coach Nagelsmann’s team lost to Turkey by one goal.

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Seven months before the start of the European Championship, the German men’s soccer team lost its home game against Turkey. In the Berlin Olympic Stadium, the Turkish team won 3:2 (2:1) against national coach Julian Nagelsmann’s team in front of 72,592 spectators.

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Defender Kai Havertz (5th minute) and Niclas Füllkrug (48th) scored the goals for Germany. Ferdi Kadioğlu (38th) and Kenan Yildiz (45th + 2) scored for the Turkish team. Yusuf Sari’s goal (71st) from a controversial hand penalty sealed the German team’s defeat.

Captain İlkay Gündoğan’s team was greeted with whistles and boos by tens of thousands of Turkish fans in the arena as they warmed up. Gündoğan played against his parents’ home country for the first time.

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Seven months before the start of the European Championship, the German men’s soccer team lost its home game against Turkey. In the Berlin Olympic Stadium, the Turkish team won 3:2 (2:1) against national coach Julian Nagelsmann’s team in front of 72,592 spectators.

Defender Kai Havertz (5th minute) and Niclas Füllkrug (48th) scored the goals for Germany. Ferdi Kadioğlu (38th) and Kenan Yildiz (45th + 2) scored for the Turkish team. Yusuf Sari’s goal (71st) from a controversial hand penalty sealed the German team’s defeat.

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