Despite picking up four wins on the trot, the German national team not only needed a result against Slovakia, but something to make fans feel hopeful about. Well, six goals later and you could physically
feel the mood lighten in the German camp.
Germany showed no signs of an attack that has proved to be blunt at best, but rather showed there is a sharp point on the end of their attack. While Nick Woltemade has helped spearhead the offense, the spread of goals suggests the attack is more like a trident or a sai—not a single spear but multiple sharp points of attack—an encouraging notion for Nagelsmann.
Serge Gnabry, one of Germany’s five goal scorers, was particularly impressed with his side’s performance, highlighting how his side brought “fun’ to the pitch again.
“It was a very good game,” said Gnabry after Germany’s 6-0 victory against Slovakia (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). “We had a lot of fun on the pitch. We knew that we had to show a better performance than the one we did on Friday. There are still things to improve, but if we play like we did today, we can achieve big things. Today was a great feeling.”
The manner in which Germany won this game was arguably more important than the victory itself. While they left it till the last minute, Germany finally showed something to be excited about. If Nagelsmann can get his side operating like this in next year’s FIFA World Cup, then fans can at the very least expect a strong challenge, a major improvement on not even making it out the group stages.
Football, however, is a game of form and now it’s Nagelsmann’s job to figure out how to maintain this form heading into the World Cup.
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