Last update 13 April, 2024 by Alberto Llopis
Germany and Sweden tied at four goals in one of the best games that are remembered in the history of classifications stages of a World after the Scandinavians were losing 4-0 in the minute 65.
Germany 4 Sweden 4: Una oda al fútbol de ataque
Los alemanes salieron en el primero momento mostrando un fútbol muy rápido, using many combinations near the Swedish area and managing to reach without much difficulty by the two bands. And the minute 2 the Germans had the first clear chance, a left-footed shot from Thomas Müller that crashed against the post.
That arrival was not the result of chance but was a logical result of the way the game was being presented. Despite a Swedish fortuitous arrival at the minute 5 -Holmen a shot from outside the area above the goal- It was clear that whoever ruled the country was Germany.
The ball circulating in the Swedish half and the goal seemed a matter of time. He did not need much. And the minute 9 llegó el primero cuando Klose definió con un remate de zurda desde unos seis metros a centro de Marco Reus. Six minutes later the same formula was repeated: Reus center, again from the left, Klose scored from Germany and could celebrate the second. After the second goal, there was a phase in which Sweden showed some reaction and Germany down the pace a bit but it did not last long.
In the minute 38, there was a double opportunity to Reus and Mesut Özil Real Madrid and the 39 He came the third, through defender Per Mertesacker marked with a shot with the right leg in the area after a cross head Müller. At the beginning of the second half, Sweden made an attempt to shake off the advancing German superiority clear their lines and trying to put pressure on Joachim Löw in his own half.
In the minute 56 Müller who was empowered Özil, with a cross from the right, and Real Madrid to score the fourth with a left to the back post. Offensive efforts of the Swedes did not stop and be rewarded, in the minute 62, with a header Zlatan Ibrahimovic, A centro de Kallstrom (4-1).
La espectacular remontada de la Suecia de Zlatan Ibrahimovic
The goal seemed to be only the honor but just two minutes later came the second for Sweden through Lustig. Con los dos goles en dos minutos un partido, that it seemed settled, He returned to be suddenly opened. The Swedes had not only closed the gap but had received a morale boost which suggested that a comeback was possible.
Germany, that after the 4-0 He seemed to have lowered its performance at half speed, I had to wake up again. Toni Kroos a chance in the 69, con un remate al que Isaakson reaccionó con una buena parada. Esto fue una señal importante para los de Löw.
However, the party was open, Swedes showed faith and will and Ibrahmovic, who had not been heard in the first part, He had begun to send in the field. Besides, the German defense was water everywhere in every advance Swedish. In it 76 It was Elmander who scored the third for the Swedes to give way to a quarterfinal stressful time.
Germany did not run the risk of trying to manage goal lead. Buscó el quinto y tuvo dos ocasiones en remates desde fuera del área. De Kroos, in it 82 against the post, and Özil, in it 83 over the goal. Sweden, meanwhile, He came close to an equalizer in the 85. Kakanalik remató por encima cuando la portería estaba vacía después de que Manuel Neuer perdiera un mano a mano con Ibrahimovic.
When everything seemed settled, on the last play of the game, It came the goal of the tie. Ibrahimovic le ganó un duelo aéreo a Mertesacker (haciéndole posiblemente falta). El balón le cayó a Elm que derrotó a Neuer de fuerte disparo. Culminando así, un remontada realmente histórica para los suecos.