FIFA Confederations Cup

FT Thursday, June 29, 2017
Mexico DDWWW 1
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Germany DWWDW 4
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MEX011
GER224
Fisht Olympic Stadium · 37,923 att.

Match Report

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Leon Goretzka's early brace helps Germany beat Mexico in semifinal

Leon Goretzka's two goals staked Germany to an early lead and the world champions cruised past Mexico 4-1 to advance to the Confederations Cup final.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
11
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
7
61
Possession
39
26
SHOTS
12
8
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
503
Accurate Passes
309
569
Passes
382
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
1
33
Crosses
5
0.2
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
59
39
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.8
Long Balls %
0.6
8
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
5
Effective Clearances
30
5
Clearances
30

Head to Head

GER leads series 2-0

Lineups

GER · 3-4-2-1

  1. 22Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 16Antonio RüdigerCD
  3. 4Matthias GinterCD-L
  4. 18Joshua KimmichCD-R
  5. 21Sebastian RudyCM-L
  6. 8Leon GoretzkaCM-R
  7. 3Jonas HectorLM
  8. 6Benjamin HenrichsRM
  9. 11Timo WernerF
  10. 7Julian DraxlerCF-L
  11. 13Lars StindlCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Kerem DemirbaySUB
  2. 12Bernd LenoSUB
  3. 20Julian BrandtSUB
  4. 5Marvin PlattenhardtSUB
  5. 9Sandro WagnerSUB
  6. 17Niklas SüleSUB
  7. 15Amin YounesSUB
  8. 14Emre CanSUB
  9. 1Kevin TrappSUB
  10. 2Shkodran MustafiSUB

MEX · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Guillermo OchoaG
  2. 15Héctor MorenoCD-L
  3. 2Néstor AraujoCD-R
  4. 23Oswaldo AlanísLB
  5. 7Miguel LayúnRB
  6. 10Giovani Dos SantosAM
  7. 16Héctor HerreraLM
  8. 6Jonathan dos SantosRM
  9. 14Javier HernándezF
  10. 20Javier AquinoAM-L
  11. 9Raúl JiménezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Marco FabiánSUB
  2. 1Rodolfo CotaSUB
  3. 12Alfredo TalaveraSUB
  4. 22Hirving LozanoSUB
  5. 5Diego ReyesSUB
  6. 21Luis ReyesSUB
  7. 19Oribe PeraltaSUB
  8. 17Jürgen DammSUB
  9. 4Rafael MárquezSUB
  10. 11Carlos VelaSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Germany 1, Mexico 0. Leon Goretzka (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Henrichs.
  2. 8' Goal! Germany 2, Mexico 0. Leon Goretzka (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Timo Werner with a through ball.
  3. 45' Substitution, Mexico. Hirving Lozano replaces Javier Aquino.
  4. 55' Raúl Jiménez (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Goal! Germany 3, Mexico 0. Timo Werner (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonas Hector.
  6. 63' Substitution, Mexico. Marco Fabián replaces Giovani dos Santos.
  7. 67' Substitution, Mexico. Rafael Márquez replaces Jonathan dos Santos.
  8. 67' Substitution, Germany. Emre Can replaces Leon Goretzka.
  9. 72' Emre Can (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 79' Substitution, Germany. Julian Brandt replaces Lars Stindl.
  11. 81' Substitution, Germany. Amin Younes replaces Julian Draxler.
  12. 89' Goal! Germany 3, Mexico 1. Marco Fabián (Mexico) right footed shot from more than 35 yards to the top right corner. Assisted by Héctor Herrera following a set piece situation.
  13. 90'+1' Goal! Germany 4, Mexico 1. Amin Younes (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emre Can.

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