Netherlands vs Germany: "We have not lost faith" – Joachim Low congratulates the team after his spectacular victory

The head coach of Germany, Joachim Low, insists that his players "did not lose faith" after their recent mediocre form, and congratulated his young team after their spectacular victory over the Netherlands.

The Low team took a 2-0 lead in the first half, but Mattias de Ligt and Memphis Depay completed it in the second half, before Nico Shulz scored a goal in the 90th minute for his team. Impose 3-2.

This result enabled the winners of the 2014 World Cup to start their Euro 2020 qualification campaign well and gave them the necessary momentum after a difficult period in the last nine months.

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The 2018 World Cup in Germany ended in disgrace after a 2-0 defeat to Mexico, which eliminated them in the group stage after losing their opening match against Mexico. France and the Dutch.

Low had announced earlier this month that he was eliminating Thomas Muller, Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels from his plans. The Germans were tied for 1-1 by Serbia in their first match since last Wednesday after 11 minutes late.

Speaking after Sunday night's victory, Low said RTL: "The first half was excellent, the game was under total control.

"The goal in the second half came at a very bad time, which is a process our young team has to go through, and with a good attack we made the decision.

"We did not lose faith, we had the chance today to play that we missed in previous matches."

Hoffenheim's left-back, Schulz, was an unlikely hero for the Low team, scoring his second international goal in just his sixth selection.

Schulz said: "That's very good, the win is very good for us as a team, I put everything in the right foot and the ball came in."

"At the beginning of the second half, we were too much on the defensive and this game will give us a lot of confidence."

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Leroy Sane scored the first goal for Germany and Serge Gnabry doubled his advantage with a magnificent shot from the edge of the box in the 36th minute.

And winger Bayern was ecstatic at his first exchanges.

After the match, he said: "The first half was sensational for us, then we stumbled a bit and the Dutch came in. Our opponent was then brutal. the end and then reached our goal.