4-0: Germany leaves no doubts and walks against Luxembourg

Germany was imposed this Friday Luxembourg 4-0 in a match in the qualifying phase for the 2026 World Cup played at PreZero Arena in Sinsheim in which at no time was there the feeling that it could have a different development.

Germany took the lead early, in the 12th minute, with a great foul goal David Raum who passed the ball over the Luxembourg barrier. Germany had put pressure on from the start and had put Luxembourg in the area. In the 4th minute a shot by Serge Gnabry ended up in the net, but the ball had hit Nick Woltemade's arm, so the goal was not validated.

However, there was nothing to indicate that Germany could have a complicated game that, despite facing an opponent that on paper could be considered weak, was taken completely seriously, above all in terms of collective discipline in recovering the ball.

If there were any doubts, they were settled in the minute 21when referee Nenad Minakovic, after consulting the VAR images, awarded a penalty and sent off Corac for intentional handball inside the area. Joshua Kimmich He took charge and scored and Luxembourg was 2-0 down on the scoreboard and with one man less before it had few reasons left to fuel the hope of causing a surprise.

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Although the Luxembourgers managed to lead 2-0 at half-time, in the second half Germany quickly put things in the way. In the 47th minute Gnabry scoredafter a pass from Karim Adeyemi, with a shot inside the area and at 51 Kimmich He scored from close range after several rebounds from a corner kick.

The match was a german harassment to the area of ​​a completely retreated Luxembourg, more goals could have been scored. Jonathan Burkardt, after coming on for Woltemade, had two good chances. But in the end the score remained at 4-0 after a match in which there was practically only one team on the field.