Dirty evening for Gianluigi Donnarumma… While his rival in goal for PSG Keylor Navas celebrated Costa Rica’s qualification for the 2022 World Cup, the Italian goalkeeper spent a nightmarish hour and a half against Germany on the lawn of the Borussia Park in Monchengladbach. In full reconstruction, the Italians (who failed to qualify for Qatar) drank the cup (5-2) for the 4th day of group 3.
Flick’s men only took ten minutes to lay down the law. Time for Werner to shift Raum and for the center of the side to find Kimmich at the penalty spot…
In the stoppage time of the first period, the Mannschaft doubled the score on a penalty from Gündogan in force in the middle of the transalpine cage.
And as soon as the restart, the inevitable Thomas Müller scored his 44th goal in 115 selections with a powerful strike from 16m leaving Donnarumma, appointed captain for the occasion, speechless. Neuer’s teammates then had a string of opportunities to worsen the mark, often sinning by greed. This did not prevent Werner from signing one of the quickest and easiest doubles of his career (68th and 69th from close range, from the right then from the left).
Small consolation, the young Wilfried Gnonto, 18, saved the honor by closely taking up a center shot diverted by Neuer (78th). Then Bastoni distinguished himself with a header in stoppage time, preventing the Germans from signing the widest gap in their history against Italy.
What slightly soften the rout. Before this fatal Black Tuesday, Italy had not conceded five goals in the same match since… May 12, 1957 against Yugoslavia (1-6 defeat).
In the same group, the surprising and amazing Hungary went to teach England a lesson (0-4) and remains in the lead ahead of Germany.