The starting matches of the national team of Germany against Jurgen Klopp fell on the competition in the content of the folded quartet of the UEFA National League, where the Bundesteam are fighting for the first meeting with the Netherlands, Serbia and. And the first game already seemed problematic - in Amsterdam, a few days ago, the Germans lost their victory in the remaining matches (1:1), after which, before them, Augsburg had seen a very promising team of Ivan Jovanovic, which began the cycle of defeating.
Klopp had stagnated the rotation in this match, although it couldn’t have been any other way if the coach called to a squad of 44 players. The Germans spent little on the Volodymyr plan, and from the beginning there were no clear options for completion.. At the bottom, one moment from the throws on the move of Adeema from the powerful half in the middle of the half and having lost the only unsafe situation for the rulers before the break. Barcelona prote striker fails to beat the goalkeeper.
The Greeks tried to demonstrate a reliable defense and gave the ball to their opponents. They didn’t need to play on the scored ball, and the rotation in the middle of the other half didn’t help improve the situation. More - Jovanovic more massively replaced the powerful Viconavians, and in the end outplayed Klopp for control over the pace of the game.
Although on the 74th line the guests were spared in a counterattack, when Tsolis took a diagonal to the left flank, after which his cross ricocheted, but Kurbelis reached him at a different pace, defeating him, and then breaking through the block. The Germans were trying to win, but Gnabry's shot from a tight spot at the goalkeeper ended up leaving them with only one final moment before the final whistle..
In the upcoming match, the national team of Germany will play at home against Serbia, while Greece will take on the Netherlands.
Nimecchina — Greece 0:1.
Goal: Kurbelis, 74.
Nimechchina: Nubel - Brown (Behrens, 84), Vagnoman, Ta, Bissek - Kimmich, Nmecha (Stah, 84) - Sade (Burkardt, 65), Conte (Wirtz, 65), Adeemi (Gnabry, 75) - Ebnutalib.
Greece: Tsolakis - Vayannidis (Saliakas, 46), Mavropanos, Retsos, Tsimikas - Karetsas, Androutsos, Zafeiris (Kourbelis, 58), Tsolis (Masouras, 81) - Pavlidis (Mikhailidis, 89),.
Next: Bissek - Vayannidis, Karetsas, Retsos, Kurbelis.