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BERLIN: Leon Goretzka spared his coach Joachim Loew a humiliating defeat with a tying goal in the second half as the new German team was forced to a 1-1 draw in Wednesday's friendly against Serbia.
After dropping controversial Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels and Thomas Mueller from the national team two weeks ago, coach Loew had announced the start of a "new era" before Wednesday's match .
"I was generally satisfied with the performance.You could see that there were some communication problems, but it's something that improves with the experience at this level." ", said Loew to the German channel RTL after the match.
The young German team seemed comfortable in the opening rounds, but Serbia scored with its first chance in 12 minutes.
Luka Jovic was deflected in front of goal, but the striker of Eintracht Frankfurt tilted his head past Manuel Neuer.
Germany hired Marco Reus and Leon Goretzka in the second half and began to face a solid Serbian defense.
On a few occasions, Germany has managed to break through, Serbian goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic has frustrated the hosts with solid saves.
But after Leroy Sane and Ilkay Gundogan could not take any chances, Goretzka equalized in the 69th minute, equalizing the ball beyond Dmitrovic.
"Generally, when we have the ball on the wings, I try to find a space between the penalty spot and the edge of the surface, and on this occasion, I hit the ball very well", Goretzka told RTL.
Serbian forward Milan Pavkov was sent off late in the game for a dangerous challenge against Leroy Sane, but the German player and the Manchester City player confirmed that he had not been hurt.
"I think the tackle was worse than it was," Sane told RTL.
Germany will open its qualifying campaign for Euro 2020 when it faces the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Sunday.
Results of friendly internationals:
Wales 1 Trinidad and Tobago 0
Germany 1 Serbia 1
Oman 5 Afghanistan 0
Malaysia 0 Singapore 1
Iraq 1 Syria 0
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