This Tuesday, the Germany received the Colombia in Gelsenkirchen and was defeated by 2 to 0. Luis Díaz and Cuadrado, from the penalty spot, scored the Colombian goals in the second half of the friendly.
With that, the German team ends its sequence of friendly games on this FIFA date without victories. There were three games, one draw – against Ukraine – and two defeats – against Poland and Colombia. Hansi Flick’s selections only return to the field on September 9 for a friendly against Japan.
Colombia, on the other hand, played its second and last FIFA friendly on this date and ended the period with two victories. The first came last Friday against Iraq, 1-0.
The game
The match started very weak in terms of creation and quite lukewarm. The first 20 minutes of the initial stage had only one finalization, which came from the Colombian side and did not reach the opposing goal. The first goal kick only came in the 22nd minute, also coming from the Colombian national team. Germany created little in the opening 45 minutes and saw the opponent dominate the confrontation at first.
After a good first half, Colombia finally opened the scoring, nine minutes into the final stage, with Luis Díaz heading in. Germany, with the unfavorable score, went up the lines and put pressure on the opponent in search of a draw. However, Kimmich’s handball in the 33rd minute gave the Colombians a penalty, which was converted by Cuadrado.
After that, the home team had no more strength to seek a reaction and saw the match end with a quiet victory for Colombia.
Game over
Triumph of our Selection!
🇨🇴 2-0 🇩🇪#TodosSomosColombia🇨🇴 pic.twitter.com/VWPBlhHED7
– Colombian National Team (@FCFSeleccionCol) June 20, 2023
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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