{"id":40485,"date":"2026-03-28T15:06:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/40485\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:06:38","slug":"national-media-slam-kai-havertz-as-germany-beat-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/40485\/","title":{"rendered":"National media slam Kai Havertz as Germany beat Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=arsenalinsider.com \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add as preferred source on Google <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Kai Havertz made his return to football last night with Germany but it\u2019s safe to assume the country\u2019s media were not overly impressed.<\/p>\n<p>Havertz has once again been injured for Arsenal but got the call by Germany and played over an hour as they narrowly beat the Swiss.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite making his return from injury, Germany\u2019s media outlets didn\u2019t let up and he was given a rough ride in their ratings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2268770263-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Switzerland v Germany - International Friendly\" \/>Photo by Markus Gilliar \u2013 GES Sportfoto\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/tag\/kai-havertz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Havertz<\/a> played just over an hour up front before being withdrawn and failed to get on the scoresheet despite a few decent chances.<\/p>\n<p>With German media ratings being different to the English ones \u2013 with one being great and five being poor \u2013 it wasn\u2019t a good night for Havertz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fr.de\/sport\/fussball\/wirtz-ueberragt-dennoch-dreimal-die-note-deutschland-noten-gegen-die-schweiz-zr-94239659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">One German media outlet<\/a> slammed Havertz, suggesting \u2018technical errors\u2019 were obvious.<\/p>\n<p>Kai Havertz: Despite numerous promising opportunities, he repeatedly failed to beat Swiss goalkeeper Kobel. He also stood out for several technical errors, demonstrating that Havertz still lacks match rhythm after his long injury layoff. Rating: 4<\/p>\n<p>While another, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de\/sport\/noten-zu-schweiz-gegen-deutschland-offensive-um-wirtz-brilliert-aber-hinten-wackelt-es-bedenklich-art-1121791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Abendzeitung-Muenchen<\/a>, weren\u2019t quite as harsh in their words.<\/p>\n<p>After a long injury layoff, he\u2019s fighting his way back to his former strength. He had a good chance to make it 1-0 right away, but Kobel made a good save from close range (13\u2032). Then the Arsenal striker shot over the bar (36\u2032).<\/p>\n<p>Havertz return is good news for Arsenal <\/p>\n<p>While the performance might not have been great, for Arsenal, it was just important to see Havertz get some minutes and come through unscathed.<\/p>\n<p>He seems to have done that and his return to the Arsenal team will be a huge boost over the coming weeks when things really matter.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/news\/worrying-noni-madueke-video-emerges-from-the-mixed-zone-after-he-got-injured-during-england-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noni Madueke picking up an injury for England <\/a>and Ethan Nwaneri also picking up a knock, this international break was looking bleak for Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>But with Havertz back, it\u2019s a small positive and Mikel Arteta will be hoping his striker returns in good health, ready to fire the Gunners over the line.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Arsenal content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add as preferred source on Google Kai Havertz made his return to football last night with Germany but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23275,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-40485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-switzerland","8":"tag-kai-havertz","9":"tag-switzerland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116307426258499154","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}