Summary: French national team - German national team 2:0/Sport1
Florian Wirtz scored the fastest international goal in the history of the German national team when he fired into the net after only seven seconds, and the host of Euro 2024 achieved a prestigious victory last night (Saturday) that will give them a lot of confidence, 0:2 over France in Lyon.
It's the Germans' first win in their last four games, and Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann, who was desperate for an encouraging win ahead of the tournament in June, managed to get what he was hoping for.
Wirtz surprised the French with an amazing kick on the way to his first international goal, and although the hosts gradually took control of the game, and Kylian Mbappe made an excellent save from Mater Stegen, in the end the Germans managed to keep a clean sheet.
"We had a very good start and the kick-off was planned just like that," said Nagelsmann, who saw Toni Kroos return to the team, and provide an assist in the first seconds.
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"It was important to protect the advantage and after the break we improved even more and got more chances," said Naglesman, "I am very satisfied with the way we fought. That is what we want, to give everything every time. We got reinforcement and confidence from this game. We are on the right track, and we played a good game Very today."
France pushed for an equalizer through Ousmane Dembele and Adrien Rabiot, but the Germans were desperate for a win after just two wins in their last ten games, and Kai Havertz scored the second.
It seems that the second goal took the wind out of the world runner-up's sails.
"We weren't there, that's clear," said France coach Didier Deschamps after his 150th match as a coach, "the Germans played at a high level today. You can see it at the beginning of our game, with this goal, that we are standing still. The Germans did things better than us. In terms of commitment and aggression, we were at a disadvantage. The first person to blame is me," he added.
Germany will play the Netherlands on Tuesday, while France will face Chile.
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