It all goes so quickly sometimes. Serge Gnabry had lost his spot in Julian Nagelsmann’s Germany side before an injury cruelly ruled him out of the 2024 home EUROs. Who knew that, just a year later, Gnabry would
be a regular starter for his national team again? But the Bayern Munich player is and he underlined that status with a good performance in Germany’s 4-0 win over Luxembourg.
Nagelsmann was happy to praise Gnabry for said good performance: “He had a very good performance. It was very important that he also tracks back and defends transitions, you need that even against Luxembourg,” Nagelsmann explained, as captured by @iMiaSanMia. “Serge did that very well. Offensively he also was very good.”
With that kind of work ethic and these kinds of performances, perhaps Gnabry will stay in Nagelsmann’s plans for a long time to come.
Germany was in need of a good performance and Luxembourg was the right squad for the moment.
The team spirit appeared to be much higher than the last international where the German were flat and the renewed energy helped power the team to a 4-0 victory. An early red card played a massive role in the outcome, but Germany likely would have rolled easily even without being a man-up for three quarters of the match.
Let’s dive into all of the details from the match on this edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Postgame Show! This is what we have on tap:
- A look at the starting XI as Julian Nagelsmann made some interesting selections.
- A rundown of the scoring and substitutions.
- Some final thoughts and takeaways on the match.
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