They made considerably onerous work of it in the long run, however Germany was in a position to grind out a 1-0 pleasant victory over Oman in Muscat due to a late aim from Werder Bremen’s Niclas Füllkrug within the eightieth minute of play. It was a finely-taken left-footed end after a brief vary move from Chelsea’s Kai Havertz simply within Oman’s field, saving what would’ve been a somewhat disappointing consequence had Germany not discovered the winner.
It was Hansi Flick’s final probability to have a look at completely different gamers and check out various things earlier than Die Mannschaft’s opening group stage match of the World Cup in Qatar subsequent week towards Japan. He selected to subject a mixture of skilled and younger gamers in his XI, and the outcomes confirmed indicators of a system nonetheless revving in control.
Flick spoke after the match about how the challenges Germany confronted.
“We had some issues within the first half, Oman attacked extremely nicely, very quick with technically sturdy gamers,” he defined (Tz). “However it was a pleasant match, a step in direction of the World Cup opener towards Japan. We had been in a position to get used to the temperatures, all good.”
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Whereas Flick famous the workforce’s must keep away from accidents as nicely, his feedback pointed to a transparent space of wants enchancment.
“I’m not proud of the way in which we defended — we will’t play like that on the World Cup. We’d like extra physicality,” he emphasised. “I anticipate a special sort of toughness [in Qatar]. Making a gift of one-on-one conditions so simply should not occur.”
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