After winning to everyone’s surprise 1-0 last week in Augsburg, Georgios Masouras and his teammates managed to secure a draw against the Mannschaft (0-0), Sunday for the 4th day of the Nations League in Thessaloniki.
The Germans, who remain in a disappointing World Cup (elimination on penalties in the round of 16 by Paraguay), are not in a favorable position to qualify for the quarter-finals since after this sluggish draw they are only third in their group with 5 points, three units behind Greece and the Netherlands (8 pts).
New coach Jürgen Klopp has a very mixed record, with only one victory in his first four matches in charge (2-0 against Serbia), two draws (1-1 against the Netherlands and 0-0 against Greece), and one defeat (1-0 against Greece). The Mannschaft will have to beat Serbia and the Netherlands in mid-November if they want to see the quarters.
Goal canceled
After an initial alert and a good save from Jonas Urbig on a header from Fotis Ioannidis (2nd), Germany dominated most of the proceedings and created numerous opportunities. She even thought she opened the scoring shortly after the half-hour mark by Jonathan Burkhardt, but after intervention by the VAR, the French referee Clément Turpin canceled this goal for a hand fault by Tom Bischof well in advance.
And despite a very lively Lennart Karl and Derry Scherhant, the finishing failed for the Germans, forced to share the points against an undefeated Greek team, with two wins and two draws.
Portugal, without Ronaldo, qualified for the quarters
Without its superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, returned to Saudi Arabia after being left on the bench by his coach, Portugal overthrew Norway (2-1) on Sunday and qualified for the quarter-finals of the League of Nations. The Seleção, defending champion, is assured of finishing at the top of group 4, with 12 points gleaned in four days.
