German national team member Timo Werner scores a goal against Latvia in preparation.
Thilo Schmuelgen, Reuters
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The reigning semifinalists from Euro 2016, the Germans entered the match actively after a previous draw in preparation with Denmark (1: 1) and Müller and Havertz had promising chances right at the beginning, but the Latvians defended themselves. The home team continued in the combination game and in the 19th minute they saw it for the first time. After a pass, Havertze headed hard under the crossbar of Gosens.
The guests did not even manage to recover and collected for the second time after two minutes. This time he fired another successful blow into the upper left corner of Gündogan. Half an hour ago, Müller also prevailed, scoring against the 26th different opponent in the national team, and the goalie Ozols’ own goal and another intervention by Gnabry highlighted a certain lead over the break.
Ukrainian footballer Roman Yaremchuk rejoices at the goal in a preparatory duel with Cyprus.
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Although the Germans made two changes to the second half, nothing has changed in their activity. Werner turned in a dismal performance, however. The effort of the goalkeeper Neuera for a clean sheet during his jubilee start was thwarted by a successful blow Saveljevs, nevertheless the home team had the last word. After Müller’s pass, another offensive player, Sane, scored.
Joachim Löw’s team was perfectly attuned to the start of the championship, in which France awaits him on June 15. In Group F, he will also face Portugal and Hungary.
The successful last test before the European Championships is also behind the Ukrainians, who defeated Cyprus 4: 0 and remained undefeated this year. Two goals were scored by Andrij Jarmolenko, who first opened the penalty score in the first half and sealed the final score after the break. In addition to the West Ham striker, Olexander Zinčenko also converted a penalty kick. Roman Jaremčuk added another goal. The Cypriots played from the 36th minute without the exclusion of Andreas Panajotu.
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Andrei Shevchenko’s Ukrainian charges thus continued the previous victory from the preparatory duel over Northern Ireland (1: 0) and did not lose any of the six duels this year. They will enter the European Championship on June 13 by a match with the Netherlands, in Group C they will also challenge Northern Macedonia and Austria.
| Preparatory football matches before the European Championships: |
| Charkov: Ukraine – Cyprus 4: 0 (2:0) |
| Goals: 37. z pen. and 65. Yarmolenko, 45. + 2 Zinchenko with pen., 59. Yaremchuk. Cheka: 36. Panayotu (Cyprus). |
| Dusseldorf: Germany – Latvia 7: 1 (5:0) |
| Goals: 19. Gosens, 21. Gündogan, 27. Müller, 39. owns Ozols, 45. Gnabry, 50. Werner, 76. Sane – 75. Saveljevs. |
| Preparatory football matches: |
| Kobe: Serbia – Jamaica 1: 1 (0:1) |
| Goals: 61. Pavlovich – 29. Gray. |
| Tórshavn: Faroe Islands – Liechtenstein 5: 1 (3:1) |
| Branky: 23. and 65. Olsen, 38. and 41. Hendriksson Olsen, 79. Davidsen – 19. Goppel. |
| Andorra la Vella: Andorra – Gibraltar 0: 0 |
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