FIFA World Cup

FT Saturday, June 23, 2018
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Germany DLLWL 2
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Fisht Olympic Stadium · 44,287 att. · FOX

Match Report

Kroos scores late to give Germany 2-1 win over Sweden

Toni Kroos scored in the fifth minute of stoppage time from outside the penalty area, and 10-man Germany rallied to beat Sweden 2-1 on Saturday to stay alive at the World Cup.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
4
29
Possession
71
8
SHOTS
16
6
ON GOAL
5
0.8
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
154
Accurate Passes
601
221
Passes
677
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
35
0.1
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
70
23
Accurate Long Balls
56
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
7
2
Effective Tackles
7
6
Tackles
13
0.3
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
5
39
Effective Clearances
14
39
Clearances
14

Head to Head

GER leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

GER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Manuel NeuerG
  2. 16Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  3. 17Jérôme BoatengCD-R
  4. 3Jonas HectorLB
  5. 18Joshua KimmichRB
  6. 11Marco ReusAM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 19Sebastian RudyRM
  9. 9Timo WernerF
  10. 7Julian DraxlerAM-L
  11. 13Thomas MüllerAM-R

SWE · 4-4-2

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 4Andreas GranqvistCD-L
  3. 3Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 6Ludwig AugustinssonLB
  5. 2Mikael LustigRB
  6. 8Albin EkdalCM-L
  7. 7Sebastian LarssonCM-R
  8. 10Emil ForsbergLM
  9. 17Viktor ClaessonRM
  10. 9Marcus BergCF-L
  11. 20Ola ToivonenCF-R

Timeline

  1. 31' Substitution, Germany. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Sebastian Rudy because of an injury.
  2. 32' Goal! Germany 0, Sweden 1. Ola Toivonen (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Viktor Claesson with a through ball.
  3. 45' Substitution, Germany. Mario Gomez replaces Julian Draxler.
  4. 48' Goal! Germany 1, Sweden 1. Marco Reus (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mario Gomez.
  5. 52' Albin Ekdal (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 71' Jérôme Boateng (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 74' Substitution, Sweden. Jimmy Durmaz replaces Viktor Claesson.
  8. 78' Substitution, Sweden. John Guidetti replaces Ola Toivonen.
  9. 82' Second yellow card to Jérôme Boateng (Germany) for a bad foul.
  10. 87' Substitution, Germany. Julian Brandt replaces Jonas Hector.
  11. 90' Substitution, Sweden. Isaac Kiese Thelin replaces Marcus Berg.
  12. 90'+5' Goal! Germany 2, Sweden 1. Toni Kroos (Germany) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  13. 90'+7' Sebastian Larsson (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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