{"id":409048,"date":"2025-09-09T00:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T00:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/409048\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T00:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T00:06:11","slug":"florian-wirtz-germany-performance-something-to-build-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/409048\/","title":{"rendered":"Florian Wirtz: Germany performance something to build on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Liverpool star Florian Wirtz played the part of German men\u2019s national team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bavarianfootballworks.com\/germany-international-soccer\/135670\/germany-hero-florian-wirtz-reveals-joshua-kimmich-conversation-free-kick-goal-northern-ireland-world-cup-qualifying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hero<\/a> on Sunday by scoring a sensational free kick goal to slam the door shut on Northern Ireland late in the second half. After the match, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bavarianfootballworks.com\/world-cup-qualifying\/136021\/germany-vs-northern-ireland-live-stream-game-thread-how-to-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3-1 win<\/a> for Germany, the former Leverkusen attacking midfielder reflected on what had been a trying week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWe all know the last game was a disaster,\u201d Wirtz said, in comments captured post-match by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/1964794842632060944\">@iMiaSanMia<\/a>. \u201cWe wanted to do better today and show more energy. In my opinion we did that today. We started the game well and it was a good performance that we can be happy with and build on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Germany fans were hoping that the disaster was behind them, especially after the good start to Sunday\u2019s game. However, Germany let Northern Ireland remain in it for the end of the first half until the Germany goals came. But not wanting to dwell on the negative, Wirtz talked about the positives and hopes that the team will be able to build on this win. The win \u2014 and his goal \u2014 set Germany back on track to qualify for the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Wow\u2026Germany was on the ropes vs. Northern Ireland, but a strong second half effort helped Julian Nagelsmann\u2019s team pull away for a 3-1 victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It was ugly at times and desperate at others, but this was somehow a must win match for a squad that was absolutely reeling after getting stomped out by Slovakia earlier in the week. The Germans absolutely needed this victory and it could have been disastrous had things not turned around in the latter stages of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let\u2019s get into it. This is what we have on tap for this edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works \u2014 Postgame Show:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Also, be sure to stay tuned to Bavarian Podcast Works for all of your up to date coverage on Bayern Munich and Germany. Check us out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BavarianPodcastWorks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Patreon<\/strong><\/a> and follow us on Twitter @BavarianFBWorks, @BavarianPodcast @TheBarrelBlog, @BFWCyler, @2012nonexistent, @TommyAdams71 and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool star Florian Wirtz played the part of German men\u2019s national team hero on Sunday by scoring a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,129072,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-409048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-german-national-team-and-international-soccer","11":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115171425922152629","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}