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For the first time in a long time, Joachim Low can breathe easily. How Germany needed a night like that. It is a country that has upset its crises of crisis in humiliation during the last eighteen months.
The first was the calamitous exit of the World Cup in Russia. Then a rough race and a broken dressing room saw Mesut Ozil turn his back on the country. Germany has suffered the indignity of the relegation of the League of Nations of UEFA. In search of answers, reach down for the ax. He totally eliminated World Cup winners Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels and Thomas Muller.
In Amsterdam, Low's decisions paid off dramatically by dramatically launching their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign. Low placed his hopes in Leroy Sane and Serge Gnabry, who each scored and then introduced Marco Reus as a substitute in the 88th minute and the winger put the winner of the match for Nico Schulz within two minutes of his arrival.
Nico Schulz won the last-minute victory as Germany beat the Netherlands in a dramatic qualifying for Euro 2020 at Johan Cruyff ArenA
Germany started its qualifying campaign for Euro 2020 with three points after a game in Amsterdam on Sunday.
After a quarter of an hour of play, Leroy Sane, the 23-year-old Manchester City star, opened the scoring
The former man of Arsenal, Serge Gnabry, doubled the advantage of the first leg thanks to a nice individual effort in 34 minutes
Young defender Matthijs De Ligt gave Hollande hope for a comeback by scoring a goal for hosts shortly after the break.
Holland No 10 Memphis Depay, photographed celebrating with teammate Georginio Wijnaldum, tied for the Netherlands in 63 minutes
CLASSIFICATION OF PLAYERS
Holland (4-3-3): Cillessen 6; Dumfries 6, De Ligt 6, Van Dijk 6, Blind 6; From Roon 6 (De Jong 90), De Jong 7, Wijnaldum 7; Promes 6, Depay 7.5, Babel 4 (Berghwijn 45, 6)
Subs not used: Zoet, Bizot, Hateboer, Ake, Rosario, Van Aanholt, Berghuis, Strootman, Vilhena, De Jong, Van de Beek
Director: Ronald Koeman 7
goals: From Ligt 48, Depay 63
Reserve: Blinded
Germany (3-5-2): Neuer 7; Rudiger 6, Sule 6, Ginter 6; Kehrer 6.5, Kimmich 6.5, Kroos 6, Goretzka 6 (Gundogan 70), Schulz 7; Gnabry 8 (Reus 88), Sane 8
Subs not used: Trapp, Ter Stegen, Halstenberg, Tah, Eggestein, Werner, Brandt, Stark, Havertz
Director: Joachim Low 6
goals: Sane 15, Gnabry 34, Schulz 90
Presence: 51,694
Arbitrator: Jesus Gil Manzano 6
On Thursday night in Wolfsburg, Sane lived on one of the most haunting nights of her professional career. While Germany was falling asleep in a timid draw against Serbia, the Manchester City winger was the victim of racist abuse from supporters of his country.
Sane, however, is a great character. Life was not always easy with a German jersey and he was excluded from the selection for the World Cup last year. For Sane, hiding would only satisfy the bigots.
Instead, Sane explored the pools of his resilience and achieved the best performance of his international career to date. He sanctioned a rare slip by Mathijs De Ligt to score Germany 's first goal and his direct race gave Virgil van Dijk a rare pursuit during one night. Joachim Low's team has discovered a semblance of old.
While Gnabry 's glorious curling shot was nestled in the top corner, Germany took advantage of two goals and Joachim Low swelled the air twice with his fist and let out a roar.
Germany was remarkable in the first half and it seemed like a return to normal. However, there remains a fragility. Germany does not jump the two goals in advance, is not it? They do these days.
Holland has completely missed the last World Cup, but under Ronald Koeman, she has reached the last four of the League of Nations and a young team, again boosted by the success of the Ajax Champions League, has shown in the second half how good she could become. Gareth Southgate will certainly have something to worry about before this summer's tournament in Portugal.
On the occasion of the third anniversary of Johan Cruyff's death, Holland pressed frantically and moved the ball sharply to increase the pressure and save the match. First, De Ligt opened his eyes to a Memphis Depay center, and then the former Manchester United striker managed to tie the game.
Sane fired powerfully at home to give in advance to Germany after De Ligt 's slip enabled him to reap a low center.
Both feet on the ground, winger Sane witnessed the shot from Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen.
It was 2-0 in Germany after Gnabry had the best of Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk before finishing in spectacular fashion
Gnabry made an excellent strike in a sea of orange shirts to give Germany a strong position in the first half
Dutch goalkeeper Cillessen plunged into the air and to his left, but he could not stop Gnabry's powerful shot from entering
De Ligt's header helped Holland return to the game early in the second period, much to the delight of local fans.
For Germany, this seemed to mark another setback. They had only won three of their last 15 international matches in the last 16 months and had scored only fourteen goals in a cursed period.
The bitterness and resentment between these two nations persist. One could hear it in the Dutch whistles that covered the German national anthem and in the ferocity of the home country's reaction in the second half. It has never been a repetition of the infamous episodes of Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Voller, but much remains to be done. In the group stage of the League of Nations, the Netherlands destroyed their neighbors by a score of three goals in Amsterdam. After this defeat, Low called his team "headless chickens". Here they have avenged themselves for a qualifying match at Euro 2020.
Germany is quickly out of the pack, Sane prepares Gnabry whose show hit well pricks the hands of Jesper Cillessen. Sane then led into the far corner of the goal when De Ligt slipped.
The Netherlands should have equalized but twice Ryan Babel was countered by a mixture of mediocre finishes and reactions from Manuel Neuer.
Gnabry then defeated Van Dijk, slipping behind the Liverpool defenseman and then coming back inside to score the second goal in the top corner.
Germany has threatened to score a third. Gnabry made a pbad behind Sane who overtook Van Dijk but was thwarted by Jesper Cillessen. But instead, the riposte arrived and Germany seemed to choke under duress. Yet, as Holland hoped for a winning goal, Schulz struck the winner.
After the match, Sane went to Twitter with the following message: "What a big win tonight".
De Ligt was congratulated by his center back partner, Van Dijk, as Holland celebrated his first goal of the night.
Depay equalized for the Netherlands after a low shot, despite pressure from Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger
Wijnaldum jumps on the shoulders of Depay while the Netherlands celebrated their equalization at Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam
Dutch players celebrate their equalization with a choreographed routine in front of the cameras and their home fans
The Netherlands was not celebrating full time after No 14 Schulz landed a low shot out of Cillessen's reach to take to Germany
Schulz sprinted to victory after sealing Germany's victory in a thrilling meeting at the Johan Cruyff ArenA
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