International Friendly

Germany vs Czechia, 2020 International Friendly

· International Friendly
Germany
  • 13': Luca Waldschmidt
FT
1 - 0
Czechia

    Newlook Germany waste chances in scrappy win over Czechs

    A newlook Germany side earned a 1-0 victory over the Czech Republic in a friendly on Wednesday but wasted a bagful of chances and failed to impress.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Antonio Rüdiger (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Foul by Michael Krmencik (Czech Republic).
    • 5': Attempt missed. Borek Dockal (Czech Republic) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ales Mateju.
    • 7': Foul by Tomás Holes (Czech Republic).
    • 7': Jonas Hofmann (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Attempt saved. Florian Neuhaus (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ridle Baku.
    • 13': Goal! Germany 1, Czech Republic 0. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Germany) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Philipp Max with a cross.
    • 17': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Gian-Luca Waldschmidt.
    • 20': Substitution, Germany. Nadiem Amiri replaces Jonas Hofmann because of an injury.
    • 22': Attempt saved. Michael Krmencik (Czech Republic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
    • 23': Ales Mateju (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Foul by Philipp Max (Germany).
    • 24': Foul by Vaclav Jemelka (Czech Republic).
    • 24': Nadiem Amiri (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Offside, Germany. Philipp Max tries a through ball, but Gian-Luca Waldschmidt is caught offside.
    • 26': Offside, Germany. Nadiem Amiri tries a through ball, but Ridle Baku is caught offside.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gian-Luca Waldschmidt.
    • 28': Attempt saved. Ridle Baku (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nadiem Amiri.
    • 32': Attempt saved. Nadiem Amiri (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ridle Baku.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Julian Brandt (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 35': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Filip Novák.
    • 41': Attempt saved. Jan Kopic (Czech Republic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ales Mateju with a cross.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Nadiem Amiri (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florian Neuhaus with a through ball.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Nadiem Amiri (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ridle Baku.
    • 44': Attempt saved. Florian Neuhaus (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gian-Luca Waldschmidt.
    • 45': Attempt missed. Jan Kopic (Czech Republic) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Vaclav Cerny.
    • 45': Foul by Antonin Barak (Czech Republic).
    • 45': Ridle Baku (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Vaclav Cerny (Czech Republic).
    • 45'+1': Ridle Baku (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Germany 1, Czech Republic 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Germany 1, Czech Republic 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Czech Republic. Jakub Jankto replaces Vaclav Cerny.
    • 45': Substitution, Czech Republic. Matej Vydra replaces Michael Krmencik.
    • 45': Substitution, Czech Republic. Tomas Soucek replaces Filip Novák.
    • 45': Substitution, Germany. Mahmoud Dahoud replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
    • 46': Attempt saved. Borek Dockal (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jan Kopic.
    • 47': Foul by Ales Mateju (Czech Republic).
    • 47': Nadiem Amiri (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Jakub Brabec.
    • 52': Foul by Matej Vydra (Czech Republic).
    • 52': Robin Koch (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Germany).
    • 53': Jan Kopic (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 54': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Philipp Max.
    • 55': Attempt saved. Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Borek Dockal with a cross.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Matej Vydra (Czech Republic) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tomás Holes with a cross.
    • 57': Offside, Germany. Robin Koch tries a through ball, but Nadiem Amiri is caught offside.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Philipp Max with a cross.
    • 58': Florian Neuhaus (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Foul by Antonin Barak (Czech Republic).
    • 59': Attempt missed. Florian Neuhaus (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Mahmoud Dahoud (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
    • 68': Foul by Mahmoud Dahoud (Germany).
    • 68': Jakub Jankto (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 68': Substitution, Czech Republic. Alex Kral replaces Antonin Barak.
    • 69': Substitution, Czech Republic. Vladimír Darida replaces Borek Dockal.
    • 69': Substitution, Germany. Nico Schulz replaces Philipp Max.
    • 70': Foul by Jonathan Tah (Germany).
    • 70': Vladimír Darida (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Vladimír Darida with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Tomás Holes (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jan Kopic.
    • 75': Attempt blocked. Vladimír Darida (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jakub Jankto.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Jakub Jankto (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 76': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic).
    • 76': Julian Brandt (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 76': Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 77': Florian Neuhaus (Germany) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box following a set piece situation.
    • 78': Substitution, Czech Republic. Zdenek Ondrasek replaces Jan Kopic.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Florian Neuhaus (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Mahmoud Dahoud (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gian-Luca Waldschmidt.
    • 80': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Tomas Soucek.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Matej Vydra (Czech Republic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jakub Jankto with a cross.
    • 82': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Kevin Trapp.
    • 84': Attempt saved. Jonathan Tah (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
    • 86': Attempt missed. Matej Vydra (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Zdenek Ondrasek.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Vladimír Darida (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matej Vydra.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Germany 1, Czech Republic 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Germany 1, Czech Republic 0.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 4
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 3
    3 Corner Kicks 3
    7 Saves 5
    41.3 Possession 58.7
    15 SHOTS 16
    5 ON GOAL 8
    0.3 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    436 Accurate Passes 645
    521 Passes 762
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    7 Accurate Crosses 4
    21 Crosses 12
    0.3 Cross % 0.3
    52 Long Balls 60
    33 Accurate Long Balls 26
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
    2 Blocked Shots 3
    7 Effective Tackles 13
    10 Tackles 18
    0.7 Tackle % 0.7
    10 Interceptions 14
    14 Effective Clearances 11
    14 Clearances 11

    Game Information

    Competition: International Friendly

    Venue: Red Bull Arena
    Location: Leipzig, Germany

    Line-Ups

    GER Germany (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Kevin Trapp (GK)
    2 Robin Koch
    16 Antonio Rüdiger
    5 Jonathan Tah
    7 Florian Neuhaus
    21 Ilkay Gündogan
    19 Philipp Max
    13 Ridle Baku
    11 Luca Waldschmidt
    10 Julian Brandt
    20 Jonas Hofmann
    Germany Substitutes:
    Benjamin Henrichs, Nico Schulz, Felix Uduokhai, Nadiem Amiri, Robin Gosens, Mahmoud Dahoud, Niklas Stark, Bernd Leno.

    CZE Czechia (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    23 Jirí Pavlenka (GK)
    3 Vaclav Jemelka
    4 Jakub Brabec
    22 Filip Novak
    25 Ales Mateju
    9 Borek Dockal
    7 Antonín Barák
    19 Tomás Holes
    11 Michael Krmencík
    10 Jan Kopic
    18 Václav Cerný
    Czechia Substitutes:
    Ales Mandous, Jakub Jankto, Vladimír Darida, Alex Král, David Hovorka, Zdenek Ondrasek, Tomás Vaclík, Tomás Kalas, Matej Vydra, Tomás Soucek, Tomas Koubek, Vladimír Coufal.

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