National football team wins in France
“Definitely the best we have played in recent years”
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Finally a convincing performance again – Germany deserved to win in France
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The German national team impressed across the board and deservedly won against the European Championship favorites France. After the game, the players reveal the secret behind the fastest goal in international history. Rudi Völler is relieved.
The ball was barely in play when it was already in the goal. After five seconds, Toni Kroos played a fine pass to Florian Wirtz, who received the ball perfectly and nailed it directly under the crossbar into the French goal to take the lead. Germany led in France after just seven seconds; it was the earliest goal in the long international history of the German Football Association (DFB).
Lukas Podolski, who scored after nine seconds against Ecuador in 2013, previously topped this list. Wirtz’s early goal was the perfect start to a very strong game, which Julian Nagelsmann’s team deservedly won 2-0 (1-0).
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“The kick-off was planned that way. We thought about the variant like this. I am very, very happy with the game. Also with the way we threw ourselves into it. Toni Kroos is an outstanding player. On the ball anyway, but also the way he fought today. What I like about him is that you don’t realize how successful he is. He integrated himself well into the team. I believe that we are on a very good path in terms of the composition of the squad,” said national coach Julian Nagelsmann.
The courageous performance, the passion, but also the quality of play against one of the best teams in the world gives us courage for the European Championship, which begins on June 14th with the opening game against Scotland.
“It was really fun”
“We can be very satisfied. We have taken an important step forward. We can be very, very satisfied. The early goal was actually planned, the Standard coaches had four months to think about something,” said Toni Kroos, who was immediately the pace setter and boss of the German midfield during his comeback.
Toni Kroos was immediately the boss of the German midfield
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The two goal scorers Florian Wirtz and Kai Havertz particularly benefited from his presence in midfield. “It is extremely important so close to the tournament that every player knows where they are. We have discussed this over the past few days. We have so much quality, it’s outstanding,” said Havertz.
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And DFB director Rudi Völler summed it up: “It was incredible fun after just a few seconds. The first 20 minutes were definitely the best we’ve played in recent years. That was really good. I hope that we can ignite euphoria with a game like this. Toni Kroos was the great director.”
