Germany equalizes 77 seconds before the end / Künast: “We expect a difficult opening game”
Tight game at the start of the World Cup: The U20 national team has to beat Kazakhstan 2018:20 (2:3; 0:0; 1:0; 1: 2) admit defeat after extra time.
In the first 20 minutes, the spectators saw the typical course of a World Cup opening game. Both teams appeared cautious and were unable to create any clear actions, but it still stood DEB-Selection ended up with a slight preponderance of chances, but couldn't make anything worthwhile out of it.
In the second section, the Germans acted with much more force and determination. Charly Jahnke put the first exclamation point in the first change of the middle third. He converted on a pass from Dominik Bokk Berlinhe made it 1-0 from a German perspective. But despite further good chances and a shot ratio of 12:9, the lead initially remained just one goal.
In the final third, the Kazakhs came out of the locker room with more momentum and were able to take advantage of two outnumbered situations by the German team to take a 2-1 lead. But the DEB-Selection pushed for the equalizer and saved itself in overtime with a goal from Leon Gawanke 77 seconds before the end of regular time.
In extra time, the German U20 was still in control. Dominik Bokk had the decision on his bat, but narrowly missed. In return, the Kazakhs take advantage of a loss of targets on the other side DEBteam and secured the extra point with a margin shot.
Christian Kunast, U20 national coach: "We expected the difficult opening match today. We knew beforehand that Kazakhstan could score a goal at any time. Our team came back after conceding two goals while outnumbered and worked hard and committed to extra time, which more than justified the course of the game. We will see what this point is worth as the tournament progresses."
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The U20 national team's next game will take place on Tuesday, December 12.12.2017, 19.00 at XNUMX p.m. against Austria.