Fortune avoided Spain in the draw for the Qatar 2022 World Cup groups. Even in the beginning. The Spanish team, which started as the top seed, saw how it was framed with the worst possible rival in pot 2, Germany, four-time world champions and an old acquaintance who seemed to be getting average.
generational change
The German team is no longer the team that swept the 2014 World Cup and took the Brazilian title with them. In Russia 2018 he did not go beyond the group stage and after the last European Championship, where he fell somewhat in the round of 16 against England (2-0), Joachim Löw left his position as coach to Hansi Flick, who was trying to speed up. the generational change in the ‘Mannschaft’.
Havertz, Sané, Kimmich, Werner or Gnabry represent the new blood in the Teutonic group, which still retains intangibles like its captain, Manuel Neuer or Thomas Müller. Despite all the changes, Germany continues to bet on being a ball star and taking advantage of the physique and speed of its players.
Flick aims to be a more vertical team with a clear offensive vocation. In the qualifying phase for the World Cup, they lost only one game (1-2 against Macedonia) and won everything else, reaping some scandalous goals such as 9-0 against Liechtenstein, a 6-0 against Armenia or both 4-0 at home against Macedonia or Iceland.
great streak
However, Spain seems to have managed to stand up against one of the best teams ever. The last defeat against ‘Mannschaft’ began in 2014 in a friendly in Vigo, which was decided 0-1 with a goal from Kroos in the 90th minute.
In an official match, La Roja has not fallen against Germany since the round of 16 of the 1982 World Cup in Spain (1-2). More clearly on the retina is the goal of Fernando Torres that decided the 2008 European Championship final, Carles Puyol’s header in the 2010 World Cup semifinals and the 2020 Nations League clashes (1-1. 6-0), especially the second of them , when Luis Enrique’s team endorsed a ‘set’ to their rival to ensure their passage to the ‘final four’.
Germany have been in all World Cups since he was gone in 1950 and would be a madman for the Spanish side. The two teams will meet on Nov. 27 on the second day of Group E.
Source: La Verdad
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