At 3 a.m. on the 28th, Beijing time, the focus battle of Group E of the Qatar World Cup began, with the 2010 World Cup champion Spain and the 2014 World Cup champion Germany staged a peak showdown of the "Group of Death". With the goals of two substitute forwards, Morata and Phil Kruger, the two sides shook hands 1-1. Spain will be able to qualify for the final round of the draw with Japan, while Germany must win Costa Rica to have a chance to advance.
in the first round of group stage, Spain beat Costa Rica 7-0, and Germany lost to Japan 1-2. The situation of the two teams is very different.
Shortly after the start of this game, both teams had good opportunities to score. In the 7th minute, Ormo suddenly made a cold arrow on the outside, Neuer touched and hit the crossbar, and the German team escaped. In the 10th minute, the German team counterattacked and created a threat. Gretzka made a wonderful pass, Gnabry shot, Spanish goalkeeper Unai Simon rescued.
After that, both teams pressed high positions, and the competition in the midfield was particularly fierce, so there were few opportunities to break into the opponent's penalty area. In the 40th minute, the German team had a free kick with and . Rudiger was judged to be invalid and offside was the first.
ended the first half, and the score remained 0-0. Both sides did not even get corner kick . The German team only shot on the right, which was the least number of shots on the World Cup since their final against Argentina in 2014. There are currently 28 games in this World Cup, of which 15 games have scored 0-0 in the first half, accounting for 54%.
In the 53rd minute, Spanish coach Enrique replaced the "prospective son-in-law" Ferran Torres . 9 minutes later, Morata scored a goal: Alba crossed from the left, and he nimblely shot in the penalty area, easily breaking the goal guarded by Neuer, Spain led 1-0.
This goal has brought Morata's 29 goals in the national team, tying , Jero , becoming the fifth largest scorer in the history of the Spanish team. It is worth mentioning that in the first round against Costa Rica, Morata made his World Cup debut and also contributed a goal. He became the first Spanish player to score goals in the first two World Cups since Torres in 2006. After
concedes the ball, the German team made consecutive substitutions, and Firkruger was replaced in the center position. It was the Bremen forward who saved the German team in danger: in the 83rd minute, young player Musiara gave an assist to Phil Kruger, who shot in the penalty area. This goal, the German team cleverly took advantage of the gap between the Spanish left-back just substitution - Valde replaced Alba only one minute after he replaced Alba. The former obviously had not yet adapted to the rhythm of the game, and was seized by Phil Kruger to equalize the score.
In the end, the two teams shook hands 1-1. After this game, Spain's points will be 4 points, and Spain will play against Japan in the last round. If Spain beat Japan, then they will qualify for the top spot in the group. If Spain draws against Japan, then Spain can also lock in the qualification to qualify.
The situation of the German team is slightly serious. They must defeat Costa Rica in the last round to have a chance to advance, and they need to make a goal difference in Costa Rica as much as possible, so that the chance will be greater.
