EM 2021: Germany celebrates after the deserved victory against Portugal in particular over one player - Robin Gosens.
The DFB promptly has a new nickname ready.
Munich - The German national soccer team has arrived in the tournament!
On the second match day of the European Championship *, the DFB-Elf impressed with a strong 4-2 win against European champions Portugal.
The chances of advancing are excellent, even group victory is suddenly possible *.
EM 2021: Germany defeated Portugal - outstanding Gosens player of the game
Against Portugal, national coach Jogi Löw * relied on the same staff as in the opening defeat against France. Germany acted again in a chain of three or five, in which the two offensive full-backs should particularly shine *. Leader Joshua Kimmich conjured up an almost usual brilliant game on the lawn of the Munich Allianz Arena * (tz.de grade 1 *). Robin Gosens, his counterpart on the left, surpassed the Bayern star's performance (tz.de grade 1 * and player of the game).
The 26-year-old had his left defense under control and was a constant source of unrest on the offensive.
After Gosens was denied a remarkable goal in the first half because of Gnabry's offside, the Bergamo legionnaire was allowed to celebrate his first international goal in the 60th minute.
He was also instrumental in the two Portuguese own goals.
In the video: Robin Gosens laughs at Thomas Müller's comment
EM 2021: DFB gives Gosen's new nickname with a photo of Müller - he even laughs at it
The man in the game couldn't really assess his performance after the game: “You can pinch me, even then I don't believe it. It's really awesome! Scoring a goal for the national team is always great and then another, which was so important for the rest of the tournament *. I'm missing one. ”According to ARD commentator Gerd Gottlob, Gosens made“ the international match of his life ”. The new national player (six internationals) received a lot of international praise for his committed performance - and was also honored by the DFB via social media.
The official English account of the German national team published a photo of Thomas Müller * at a press conference with FC Bayern on Twitter and used it for a new Gosens nickname: "You know, Robin Goalsens".
Müller retweeted the post and provided it with several laughing emojis.
😂🤣😅 https://t.co/AyHlhZuT79
- Thomas Müller (@esmuellert_) June 19, 2021
EM 2021: Davies, Lewandowski and Goretzka - Müller invents nicknames for FCB colleagues
Background: In the recent past, Müller had repeatedly invented nicknames for his Bayern colleagues. Left-back Alphonso Davies called the original Bavarian about the "FC Bayern Roadrunner" *. With other players he presented word games with the surnames of the professionals. Since Robert Lewandowski * scores so many goals, Müller explained: “We in Bayern have Robert Lewangoalski. You know, Robert Lewangoalski. ”He called Leon Goretzka“ Scoretzka ”*.
In a joint Instagram live video with buddy Mats Hummels *, when asked about these nicknames, Müller explained: "I'm also a man of flat jokes." Meanwhile, FC Bayern also has a nickname for Müller himself. Due to the large number of people Lewandowski called him templates (21 in 32 Bundesliga games in 2020/21) "Thomassist Müller". Robin "Goalsens" now joins the palette of - depending on the viewer - creative or clumsy name puns, which are only a side note at this European Championship. Because as an old soccer proverb says: “The decisive factor is on the pitch” - and that's where the DFB-Elf * and especially Robin Gosens delivered.
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