The German soccer team won 2-1 this Friday against Greece, while England lost 0-1 against Iceland, in two friendly matches before the men’s Euro Cup begins, scheduled for the 14th. from June to July 14.
At the Borussia-Park in Mönchengladbach, the Greek team opened the scoring in the 34th minute through Georgios Masouras. It was after a serious error by goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in a right shot by Christos Tzolis from the top of the area; attentive to the rebound, Masouras pushed the score to 0-1.
The host team of the next EURO equalized the contest through Kai Havertz in the 56th minute. After a combination between Leroy Sané and Ilkay Gündogan, the Arsenal striker received the ball from below inside the rival area; He controlled it with his right hand, turned around and executed a shot with his left foot that tripped over a Greek defender before sneaking in.
Their previous goalless draw against Ukraine and this momentary draw against the Greek team left doubts surrounding Germany. But in the final stretch of the match Pascal Gross appeared on the edge of the area to score 2-1, thanks to a volley with the outside of his right boot.
On the other hand, England also weakened. And in his case it was worse, since he fell at Wembley Stadium the day after Gareth Southgate gave his controversial list without midfielder Jack Grealish or defender Harry Maguire. Before reaching the quarter-hour mark of the duel, Iceland forged a wonderful collective play that was rewarded.
Hákon Arnar Haraldsson received the ball in the opposite field, advanced meters at a run and opened to the left so that Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson, from the top of the area, tamed the ball and outlined himself until he hit a low right hand that beat Aaron Ramsdale at close range. of grass.
In addition, this night of preparatory friendlies for the Euro Cup also saw Poland’s 3-1 victory against Ukraine and Albania’s victory by the same result against Azerbaijan. The Albanian team, Spain’s rival in the group stage of said EURO, won with goals from Nedim Bajrami, former Barcelona player Rey Manaj and Qazim Laçi.