2-3: Ter Stegen surrenders to De Bruyne in Germany-Belgium

Belgium won 2-3 on Tuesday in a friendly against Germany thanks to a good first half and a superb game from Kevin De Bruyne, who had two assists and a goal that ended up being the winner.

It was the first Belgian victory since 1954 against the Germans, who had won the previous eleven matches. In the second half, Germany had a clear improvement but it was not enough for the tie.

Belgium got off to an impressive start which led to a nightmare for Germany in the first half hour of play.

Even the first shot in the direction of the goal was made by Germany at the foot of noand at minute 6, on the next play, Belgium opened the scoring.

Carrasco opened the scoring and Lukaku scored the second

Lukaku received the ball in the middle of the field, controlled and played Kevin De Bruyne, who passed to Yannick Carrasco and he scored a shot with his right foot inside the area after dribbled past Marius Wolf.

In the 9′, Lukaku, again through a pass from De Bruyne, scored the second with a shot from his right foot.

The signs point to a Belgian win against a Germany that lacks any offensive stability and where there is almost no news in the opposite half.

Germany, against the ropes

In the 19th minute Dodi Lukebakio had a third in his boots on a counterattack after a corner kick for Germany but his shot went wide when he was alone against Marc-André ter Stegen.

In minute 21′, from a corner kick, Lukaku headed against the crossbar.

change and reaction

At 32′ Germany made two changes. force one, because of the injury to Goretzka who was replaced by Felix Nmechaand another in Hansi Flick’s attempt to find stability by making way for Emre Can to replace Florian Wirtz.

Can’s entry gave Germany some defensive solidity and from there started to see some improvement

Füllkrug, punishment

At the end of the first half there were two shots, one from Timo Werner and one from Wolf with no real danger, and several corner kicks were generated.

One of them ended with a penalty that occurred when a header from Niclas Füllkrug, on his way to the goal, hit Lukaku’s arm, which was completely separated from his body.

Füllkrug took responsibility and cut in at the end of intermission. When the teams rested, the best thing for Germany was the score.

Belgium lost steam

In the second half of Germany showed a clear improvement, Belgium lost offensive steam in part due to the removal of Lukaku, Lukebakio and Carrasco.

Germany produced several breakthroughs, including a good occasion, which started with a long pass from Ter Stegen, which ended with a deflected shot from Gnabry.

De Bruyne’s sentence

However, in the first Belgian rush of the second half, De Bruyne made his team’s third, in the 78th minute, with a first-rate shot from his left foot into the area from Trossard’s cross.

Germany continued to insist and in the 84′ Gnabry, after a great individual play in which he left several opponents on the way, hit the ball against the post.

Gnabry puts the emotion at the end

Finished in 87′, his own gnabry he scored Germany’s second with a close range shot off Kevin Schade’s cross from the left.

Struggling in the last minutes – in the last seconds there were two corner kicks where Ter Stegen went up the other way – it didn’t make it to Germany.

GERMANY

23

BELGIUM

Germany: Ter Stegen; Wolf (Vagnoman, 81), Ginter, Kehrer, Raum (Günter, 68); Kimmich, Goretzka (Felix Nmecha, 32); Gnabry, Wirtz (Can, 32); Werner (Berischa, 81), Füllkrug.

Belgium: Casteels; Castagne, Faes, Vertongen (Saelemakers, 46), Theate; masturbation; De Bruyne (Lavia, 80), Mangala (Openda, 80); Lukebakio (Bakayolko, 58), Lukaku (De Ketelaere, 68), Carrasco (Trossard, 58).

Goals: 0-1 (min 6, Carrasco), 0-2 (min 9, Lukaku), 1-2 (min 44, Füllkrug, penalty) 1-3 (min 79, De Bruyne), 2-3 (min 87, Gnabry)

Referee: Willy Delayod (France). He advised Onana, Felix Nmecha

Incidents: friendly match played at Rhein-Energie Stadion in Cologne

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