Florian Wirtz will go down in history as he scored his first international goal in Saturday’s 2-0 international friendly win over France . 20-year-old starlet Wertz stunned the Lyon crowd seven seconds into the game to give Germany the lead before Kai Havertz capped off an impressive performance for the Euro 2024 hosts. game. Toni Kroos, making his first international appearance since 2021, received the ball after kick-off and passed it to Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Wirtz.
Wirtz ventured forward and, as he was not blocked, unleashed a fierce sinking shot that left Blaise Samba glued to the spot as the ball sailed over the crossbar with just seven seconds left on the clock.
“I don’t think anyone understood or realized what was happening. We were all surprised, but obviously there was a lot of joy. You couldn’t start a match better,” Wirtz told German TV channel ZDF.
“But it’s great that it worked so well and led to this goal-scoring opportunity.”
Wertz’s tally would have equaled compatriot Lukas Podolski’s 2013 goal had it not been for Kristof Baumgartner’s lightning-fast goal inside seven seconds earlier on Saturday. Fastest international goal record.
Havertz gave the visitors a two-goal lead four minutes after the break, a lead they never seemed to relinquish.
When Wirtz’s long pass left Jamal Musiala with too much space in the penalty area, the Bayern Munich youngster rounded Samba before passing the ball to the onrushing Havertz.
France boss Didier Deschamps made changes just after the hour mark but missed his first international match since 2017 due to the absence of Antoine Griezmann, although star striker Kylian Mu Bape, but the hosts still lack a cutting edge.
Julian Nagelsmann’s attack looked more likely to score the next goal, with the Samba’s only fine saves denying debutants Maximilian Mittelstadt and Thomas Mouth. Le’s offense.
In the 88th minute, Mittelstadt mistakenly used his own arm to clear the ball, and France almost halved the gap, but Antonio Rudiger was on hand to cut the ball off the goal line, and VAR later ruled that it was inside the penalty area. The handball was unintentional.
“We can obviously be very satisfied. We have made some good steps forward, some important steps forward. These are the last few chances we have to have a little bit of a feel for Euro 2024. Today we will take Hold on to it,” Cross said.
Both sides continue to prepare for this summer’s European Cup, with France facing Chile and Germany facing old rivals the Netherlands on Tuesday.
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