“The way we played in the first half wasn’t good. Too little intensity, little pressure, little joy in our play.”
Newcastle striker, Nick Woltemade is currently enjoy a career high with several top performances for both club and country. The German national secured a brace in Germany’s recent 2-0 away victory over Luxembourg, in addition to his six goals in his first season at Newcastle. Reports highlights Woltemade’s improvement since moving to the Premier League. Meanwhile,
Match Summary
The second half seemed more promising after a frustrating first half run where Luxembourg remained sturdy on the defense. The game opener came four minutes into the second half through Woltemade who got on the end of Leroy Sane’s cross and put it past the goalkeeper.
Shortly after Luxembourg almost leveled through Christopher Martins who was only able to shoot off-target from six yards out, the 23-year-old then increased Luxembourg’s deficit with a little over 20 minutes of regular playing time left on the clock when he swept in an incisive pass from Ridle Baku.
A few minutes later, Germany came close to claiming a third through Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz who saw his effort blocked.
Luxembourg struggled to revive their energy and could easily have drawn at the three-quarter mark but Germany were very much able to hold them off.
What this means
Germany was never in real danger since taking the lead early in the first half, and this win puts Germany on top of Group A ahead of Slovakia who are level on points (12 points) with the leaders but short on goal difference. Both sides are sure of making a top two finish but the automatic qualification position remains to be claimed with the two sides set to face off in their final qualifying game at Germany on Monday, November 17.
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