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Germany Crushes Slovakia in Leipzig with Offensive Masterclass
Leipzig, Germany – In a group stage match of the European World Cup Qualifiers held at the Red Bull Arena, Germany demonstrated their offensive prowess by overwhelmingly defeating Slovakia. The home team dominated the match from start to finish, exhibiting an overwhelming possession-based game and lethal effectiveness in front of the opponent’s goal.
N. Woltemade opened the scoring in the 18th minute with a goal resulting from a well-crafted play assisted by J. Kimmich. Shortly after, S. Gnabry extended the lead in the 29th minute, capitalizing on an assist from L. Goretzka. The first half concluded with an exhibition by L. Sane, who scored a brace in the 36th and 41st minutes, both times assisted by an inspired F. Wirtz.
The second half did not see a decrease in German dominance. R. Baku added to the goal-scoring party in the 67th minute, thanks to an assist from S. Gnabry. In the final minutes, A. Ouedraogo sealed the rout in the 79th minute, with L. Sane once again providing the assist.
Germany controlled 71% of the ball possession and generated a total of 22 shots, of which 10 were directed on target. Slovakia, on the other hand, could only create 6 goal-scoring opportunities, with only 2 shots on target. The match was officiated by French referee François Letexier and proceeded with few fouls, although Germany received two yellow cards.
Substitutions slovakia: at minute 24 M. Bero came in and T. Rigo went out., at minute 46 N. Gyomber came in and I. Schranz went out., at minute 46 O. Duda came in and L. Satka went out., at minute 67 D. Strelec came in and T. Bobcek went out., at minute 82 D. Duris came in and P. Pekarik went out.
Substitutions germany: at minute 46 A. Pavlovic came in and F. Nmecha went out., at minute 64 N. Schlotterbeck came in and M. Thiaw went out., at minute 64 J. Kimmich came in and R. Baku went out., at minute 72 D. Raum came in and N. Brown went out., at minute 77 F. Wirtz came in and A. Ouedraogo went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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