The final game of the first round of the group stage occurred yesterday between Germany and Australia. Germany got on the board early in the 5th minute when Julian Brandt ran his own route into the box before crossing the ball in front to Lars Stindl. Stindl was in the clear and blasted his shot from 12 yards out. Germany''s Sandro Wagner had two headed chances gone just wide of the far post in the upcoming 15 minutes before Australian keeper Mathew Ryan stopped two of Brandt's shot, both outside the box. It continued to look one-side until Tom Rogic equalized for the Socceroos in the 41st minute. Rogic interecepted a pass and, after his initial shot was blocked, saw his rebound shot just outside the box manage to go under the diving German keeper Bernd Leno. Germany would quickly make it 2-1 when Leon Goretzka got tripped up by Massimo Luongo in the box, only to see Julian Draxler bury the PK.
Germany would extend their quickly just 3 minutes after the start of the second half. Goretzka had a nice give-and-go with Joshua Kimmich, before Goretzka scored from a tight angle. Another quick response from a goal came when Australia trimmed the lead to 1 in the 56th. Rogic had a free kick that was blocked, only to have his rebound once again cause Leno to have problems. Leno spilled the ball, and Australia's Tomi Juric. The ref called for VAR review when it looked like Juric may have deflected Rogic's rebound shot with his arm, but the goal stood. In the 71st, Australian sub James Troisi forced a fine save from his curling shot; however, Timo Werner from Germany saw his strike hit the post and nearly go in. In the end, Germany won and got the 3 points needed from their first match.
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| Stindl and Germany got the result needed. |
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