At 3 a.m. on November 28, Beijing time, the second round of the group E of the Qatar World Cup group stage ushered in a focus duel, with Spain facing Germany. In the first half, Ormo hit the post, and Rudiger scored a goal; in the second half, , Morata, , broke the balance on the field, Phil Kruger equalized the score, and in the end, both sides shook hands 1:1 and made peace.
E group is the death group of this World Cup. The two top players in Spain and Germany are naturally considered to be popular in qualifying. However, in the first round, Spain swept 7:0 Costa Rica , while Germany was reversed 1:2 by Japan, which immediately put the two teams in a completely different situation. As long as Spain beat Germany in this round, it will qualify one round ahead of schedule; fortunately, Japan lost 0:1 to Costa Rica in the game ended earlier, which prevented Germany from being eliminated early after suffering a series of losses.
In this game, Enrique only made one substitution adjustment compared to the previous game. Carvajal replaced Aspilicueta with Alba, Rodri , Laporte guarded the back defense; Garvey, Busquets, Pedri three people still sit in the midfield, Asensio , Ferran Torres and Olmo partnered with the forward line. Germany also has a 4-3-3 frontless team: Neuer guards the goal, Raum, Rudiger, Jule, and Corel lead the defense; Gundoan , Gretzka , Kimmich partner with the midfield; the frontcourt trident is Glabry, Muller and Mushara .
In the 6th minute of the game, Garvey broke through and passed the ball, Asensio passed again, Olmo shot a long shot in front of the penalty area, Neuer held it with one hand, and the ball bounced out only when it hit the crossbar, and Germany almost fell behind after the opening. In the 9th minute, Gretzka dribbled the ball in the midfield and passed the ball to the right. Unai Simon attacked before Gnabry to resolve the ball.
In the 21st minute, Alba got rid of the left and shot with his right foot on the side net. In the 24th minute, Spain cleared the ball in the penalty area and didn't play far, and Gnabry missed the shot from the outside of the penalty area. In the 32nd minute, Olmo broke through on the left and knocked across the middle. Ferran Torres, who followed up, kicked the ball away directly in front of most of the empty goal. In the 39th minute, Kimmich took the free kick on the right , and Rudiger headed the ball in the middle to break through the Spanish goal. However, after the reminder of VAR, the goal was invalid because the offside was the first.
In the 56th minute, Pedri was interrupted to receive the ball in the penalty area, Gretzka passed by crossing, Kimmich's push shot was saved by Unai Simon; in the 62nd minute, Olmo passed the ball to the left, Alba hit the penalty area with a low ball, and Morata's instep shot from outside the front point broke the deadlock, 1:0!
In the 64th minute, Ormo pushed the offensive on the left again. Before he passed the penalty area line on the left, Asensio followed up and shot high. In the 72nd minute, Sane made a direct pass in the frontcourt, and Mushara successfully counterattacked, but his subsequent single shot was resolved by Unai Simon. In the 83rd minute, Sane made another accurate pass in the frontcourt. Mushara made a goal in the penalty area, and Philkruger shot from a small angle, 1:1! Germany equalized the score, Phil Kruger was a standard high center, and Frick replaced him on the court when he was behind.
in the remaining games, both sides did not rewrite the score again. After Spain got the draw, it led the group with 4 points. As long as it did not lose to , the Japanese team in the last round, Spain would surely get a qualifying place. As for the German team, although they did not win, they could only be ranked last after 1 point after 2 rounds, as long as they defeat Costa Rica in the last round and Spain defeated Japan, Germany will complete a counterattack. It can be foreseeable that the last round is a life-and-death battle between four teams qualifying.
