National soccer team: Deal won: Undav celebrates with Demirovic pose

Deniz Undav wasn’t just the match winner for Germany. No, even after his first brace in the fifth international match in the national soccer team’s 2-1 (2-0) win in the Nations League, he was the clear winner in the private duel with his Stuttgart strike partner Edin Demirovic. After his goals, Undav copied Demirovic’s goal celebration in Zenica, who symbolically brushes his jersey with his hand after his goals. That was cheeky of Undav on Friday evening, wasn’t it?

However, after the game, the 28-year-old clarified his actions. Joker Undav reported on an agreement with his VfB friend. “I said to Demi: If I score a goal, I’ll celebrate his celebration. And when he scores, he shows mine.” Of course, that didn’t happen on Friday evening. Demirovic hit the crossbar with his best chance.

Demirovic “wasn’t happy” this time

“Everything is fine,” said Demirovic as he joined Undav in the reporters’ zone at the stadium. “It’s weird. He’s a teammate. And then you play against each other and Deniz scores twice. I begrudge him every goal, but today I wasn’t happy,” said Demirovic.

Undav was clearly the man of the match at the Bilino Polje stadium. “I’m happy to have scored two goals. We got three points. It was a nice evening,” he said. He recently scored for the first time and prepared the second goal in the 2-2 draw against the Netherlands in Amsterdam. Five international matches, three goals – Undav’s status in the team is rising.

Julian Nagelsmann also praised his new goalscorer. “He is extremely difficult to defend because he has such a low center of gravity,” said the national coach. “He already has good competition in the positions,” said Nagelsmann, referring to Niclas Füllkrug, Kai Havertz and Jamal Musiala. “But he’s definitely someone we’d like to have there.” On Monday in Munich against Holland, Undav wants to go one step further.