In the central match of the game of the day in the League of Nations, the last two world champions came face to face - France took Germany to the Stade de France. From the first minutes, Didier Deschamps released almost the same line-up that brought “le ble” a victory on the last world championship, only an injured Umtiti was missing; Joachim Leo made as many as five changes after a disastrous match with the Netherlands, sending the culprits of failure to the bench.
The first minutes of the match were held in a moderate pace, and then the Germans took possession of the game advantage by moving to their half of the field, the hosts arranged the game with the second number, they hoped to play on the counterattack, primarily due to the nimble Mbappa, but all attempts to escape in a quick attack what did not lead. At the 14th minute, Bundestim opened the score quite easily - a minute before Kimpembe played with his hand in the penalty area, for which a penalty was awarded, which was later not very confidently realized Kroos - 0: 1.
A little later, the wards of Lyova had an excellent opportunity to double the advantage in the long run, but Sana gave too strong a pass to free Werner, thanks to which Loris managed to beat Timo and did not allow him to send the ball into the goal. Soon, Ginter could have scored after striking from a short distance after a corner, but Lloris played reliably and saved his team. Before the end of the first 45-mintuk, the teams took turns possessing the ball, the guests met more often, but neither of them threatened each other’s goal, except when Hernandez pulled the ball and shot at the near post on Giroud, but Olivier did not hit from the vantage point. At the break the teams went with a minimum advantage Bundestim.
After the resumption of the game, what is happening on the field has changed, the French have already controlled the ball, forcing the opponent to try their luck on the counter. Mbappa could have scored a quick goal after he easily ran away from opponents, but Kilian failed to beat Neuer in melee.. After that, the hosts did not despair and continued to bend their line, but did not seriously threaten Neuer’s goal, but still managed to restore parity, having carried out a cool attack - in the 62nd minute, Pogba otpasoval on Hernandez, he cut the flow exactly on Grizmannu's head, and Antoine was cool a blow did not leave a chance to Neuer - 1: 1.
Within a few minutes, Griezmann could make out a double after a dangerous free kick earned, but Antoine blundered, inflicting an extremely unsuccessful direct hit.. Deschamps' wards continued to put pressure on someone else's penalty, but they didn't create lethal moments, helped the opponent to earn a penalty - in the 79th minute, Mbappa otpasoval into the penalty area on Matyuidi, who was then shot down by Hummels, and after that, Griezmann made a double, confidently realizing the 11-meter. In the end of the duel, a succession of substitutions in the composition of both teams killed the pace of the game, which was good for le ble, but this did not suit Germany at all, Bundestim was desperately trying to save at least a draw in compensated time, but did not disturb Lloris.
As a result, France won a strong-willed victory over the team of Joachim Loew and continues to lead in its group, and Germany again failed and is now very close to flying to League B.
Who would have thought about this.
France - Germany 2: 1.
Goals: Griezmann, 62, 80 (from the penalty spot) - Kroos, 14 (from the penalty spot) France: Lloris - Pawar, Varan, Kimpembe, Hernandez - Kante (Nzonzi, 90 + 4), Pogba - Mbapp (Dembele, 86), Griemann (Ndombele, 90 + 1), Matyuidi - Giroud Germany: Neuer - Ginter (Brandt, 83), Sule, Hummels, Schultz - Kerer, Kimmich, Kroos - Gnabry (Muller, 88), Werner, Sane (Draxler, 75) Warning : Ginter.