Germany beat Switzerland 4-3 in a highly entertaining friendly in Basel on Friday evening, with Florian Wirtz stealing the show with two goals and two assists.<\/p>\n
Here are our German player ratings from the game:<\/p>\n
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Germany starting XI player ratings:<\/p>\n
GK: Oliver Baumann – 4\/10<\/p>\n
Quiet night for the goalkeeper, who didn\u2019t have a single save to make. Could have done better at the near post for Dan Ndoye\u2019s opener but had little chance to stop the other two goals.<\/p>\n
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RB: Joshua Kimmich – 6\/10<\/p>\n
The Germany captain was caught out of position a few times in the first half \u2013 most notably when he drifted away from his right-back position ahead of Switzerland\u2019s opener, giving Granit Xhaka space to find Dan Ndoye. Improved after the break and was generally strong and aggressive in duels, while also delivering several dangerous crosses.<\/p>\n
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CB: Jonathan Tah – 5\/10<\/p>\n
Well-positioned to head in Germany\u2019s opener and generally reliable in possession, but overpowered by Breel Embolo for Switzerland\u2019s second goal.<\/p>\n
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CB: Nico Schlotterbeck – 4\/10<\/p>\n
Made too many passing errors, including a crucial one that sparked the move for Switzerland\u2019s opener. Positively, he pressed high effectively and applied his usual aggression.<\/p>\n
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LB: David Raum – 6\/10<\/p>\n
Reliable at the back and assertive in duels, he also contributed several dangerous crosses going forward.<\/p>\n
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CDM: Leon Goretzka – 6\/10<\/p>\n
Combined effectively with teammates, produced clever passes and made forward runs to threaten the goal. Occasional technical mistakes and off-the-mark finishing limited his impact.<\/p>\n
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CDM: Angelo Stiller – 5\/10<\/p>\n
Not the most visible presence and lacked physical impact, but very secure in possession, completing 92% of his passes and providing one key pass.<\/p>\n
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RW: Leroy San\u00e9 – 4\/10<\/p>\n
The Galatasaray winger had a quiet night and never really made his mark on the game, leaving the pitch just after an hour.<\/p>\n
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CAM: Florian Wirtz – 10\/10<\/p>\n
A flawless evening for the Liverpool man. Excellent in combination play and a constant creative threat, registering two assists \u2013 including a pinpoint cross for Tah\u2019s opener and a superb pass for Serge Gnabry\u2019s equaliser. After the break, he came close with a shot from distance before curling in a brilliant effort and later sealed the win with another stunning curler.<\/p>\n
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LW: Serge Gnabry – 7\/10<\/p>\n
A consistent threat, though not everything came off. Went close early at the back post, scored just before the break with a composed finish, and nearly added another in the second half after a clever run.<\/p>\n
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ST: Kai Havertz – 5\/10<\/p>\n
Linked play effectively and frequently got into dangerous positions in the first half, but his finishing could have been better. Was less involved after the break and was substituted shortly after the hour mark.<\/p>\n
Substitutes:<\/p>\n
Nick Woltemade (for Kai Havertz, ’63) – 5\/10<\/p>\n
Lennart Karl (for Leroy San\u00e9, ’63) – 6\/10<\/p>\n
Anton Stach (for Leon Goretzka, ’80) – N\/A<\/p>\n
Pascal Gross (for Angelo Stiller, 80′) – N\/A\u00a0<\/p>\n
Only players who featured for at least 30 minutes were rated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany beat Switzerland 4-3 in a highly entertaining friendly in Basel on Friday evening, with Florian Wirtz stealing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[23386,23468,23391,23401,23392,23390,23719,1344,20916,23274,23395,23039,23275,23276,23381,13860,23393,23277,23399,23504,23382,17],"class_list":["post-40810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-angelo-stiller","tag-anton-stach","tag-breel-embolo","tag-dan-ndoye","tag-david-raum","tag-florian-wirtz","tag-german-player-ratings","tag-germany","tag-granit-xhaka","tag-jonathan-tah","tag-joshua-kimmich","tag-julian-nagelsmann","tag-kai-havertz","tag-leon-goretzka","tag-leroy-sane","tag-liverpool","tag-nick-woltemade","tag-nico-schlotterbeck","tag-oliver-baumann","tag-pascal-gros","tag-serge-gnabry","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116311362525606286","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40810","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=40810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}