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After moving on from an embarrassing defeat against Japan in the tournament opener, Four-time World Champions Germany took on the 2010 FIFA World Champion Spain. Notably, it was the second match of the tournament for both teams. Speaking of Spain, they were coming off with a convincing win of 7-0 against Costa Rica in their tournament.
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Both teams played this match at the Al-Bayt stadium of Al Khor in Qatar. Being on the last spot in the Group points table, it was a do-or-die clash for Germany to keep their hopes alive in the tournament. On the other Spain was also there in the middle to seal their berth into the round of 16 of the 22nd edition of this prestigious football quadrennial.
With said that, here we’ll bring you to the entire action that happened at the retractable-roof Al-Bayt Stadium during this Group E match.
Niclas Fuellkrug spoiled the party for Spain
Speaking of the starting line-up of both the teams, the Spanish team came up with a line-up of 4-3-3 in comparison to the 4-5-1 fielded by Germany.
The equal score line 0-0 stood still at the time of the half-time whistle and Spain managed to let Germany settle only at this score. Coming back in the action during the second half, the Spanish management went to substitute the young left winger Ferran Torres with the Madrid-born experienced center-forward Alvaro Morata in the 54th minute of the match.
Within eight minutes of his arrival on the field, Morata proved his worth for Spain by scoring a brilliant field goal in the 62nd minute of the match. This was also the second goal for Morata in the ongoing edition of the FIFA World Cup. This goal scored by Morata also changed the score line to 1-0 in favor of the Red Fury against the Germans.
Spain was easily heading towards the end of the match with this lead of 1-0 but the German substitute Niclas Fuellkrug had some other plans to spoil the party for the Spanish side. smashed the equalizer in favor of Germany to level the score line at 1-1 in the 83rd minute of the match. The 29-year-old center-forward smashed a powerful shot to score his first goal of the match.