International soccer match Germany - Sweden 2012

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The international soccer match between Germany and Sweden 2012 was played on October 16, 2012 as part of the qualification for the soccer World Cup 2014 in Brazil between the national teams from Germany and Sweden in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. It ended 4: 4, with the German team losing a 4: 0 lead for the first time in their 104-year international history.

prehistory

Germany and Sweden were drawn into the same elimination group at the end of July 2011. Other group participants were the national teams of the Faroe Islands , Ireland , Austria and Kazakhstan . Up to this game, both teams were in the World Cup qualification without losing points. Sweden beat the Faroe Islands 2-1 in Tórshavn four days before the game in Berlin , while Germany beat Ireland 6-1 two hours later in Dublin . Before the game, Germany led the table, followed by Sweden, who at that point had played one game less.

After national coach Joachim Löw announced the line-up, Lars Bender canceled due to illness. A day later, Mats Hummels also canceled . Heiko Westermann was nominated for him . Westermann had also played his last game for the national team against Sweden.

The Swedish national team was mainly recruited from players who were under contract in foreign leagues. At that time, Marcus Berg from Hamburger SV was the only player in the Swedish squad who was under contract in the German Bundesliga . The German team, on the other hand, was largely made up of Bundesliga players. Only Per Mertesacker , Lukas Podolski (both Arsenal FC ), Sami Khedira , Mesut Özil (both Real Madrid ) and Miroslav Klose ( Lazio Rome ) played abroad.

The international match record between the German and Swedish teams spoke for the DFB-Elf. The German team won 14 out of 35 games, while the Swedish team was successful twelve times. Nine games ended in a draw. The last international match was on November 17, 2010, when the two teams parted in Gothenburg with a goalless draw.

Course of the game

After two minutes Thomas Müller failed with a heel shot at Sweden's goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson , the deflected margin hit the post. Shortly afterwards, Samuel Holmén had a chance for the Swedes. In the eighth minute, the German team took the lead: After a pass from German captain Philipp Lahm to Marco Reus , the latter extended to Miroslav Klose , who scored 1-0 from the left. Seven minutes later, Klose also scored the 2-0. The German team was superior to Sweden for the entire first half. The 3-0 came in the 39th minute by Per Mertesacker .

At the break, the Swedish coach Erik Hamrén Kim Källström changed for Pontus Wernbloom and Alexander Kačaniklić for Samuel Holmén. In the beginning, the DFB-Elf were the better team in the second half. In the 56th minute, Mesut Özil increased to 4-0.

Ibrahimović scored the first goal for the Swedes in the 62nd minute. Just two minutes later, Mikael Lustig scored 2: 4. Sweden became increasingly aggressive and Johan Elmander scored in the 76th minute after a cross from Kačaniklić to make it 3: 4. From then on almost only the Scandinavians stormed and scored the equalizer in the third minute of stoppage time. After a header from Ibrahimović, who was able to prevail in the header duel against Mertesacker, Rasmus Elm marked the 4: 4 by direct acceptance. Immediately after the Swedish goal, Portuguese referee Pedro Proença ended the World Cup qualifier.

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GermanyGermany
World Cup qualifier
October 16, 2012 in Berlin ( Olympiastadion )
Result: 4: 4 (3: 0)
Spectators: 72,369
Referee: Pedro Proença ( Portugal ) PortugalPortugal 
Match report
SwedenSweden


Manuel Neuer - Jérôme Boateng , Per Mertesacker , Holger Badstuber , Philipp Lahm - Bastian Schweinsteiger , Toni Kroos - Thomas Müller (67th Mario Götze ), Mesut Özil - Marco Reus (88th Lukas Podolski ), Miroslav Klose
Trainer: Joachim Löw 		Andreas Isaksson - Mikael Lustig , Andreas Granqvist , Jonas Olsson , Behrang Safari - Pontus Wernbloom (46th Kim Källström ), Rasmus Elm - Sebastian Larsson (78th Tobias Sana ), Samuel Holmén (46th Alexander Kačaniklić ), Zlatan Ibrahimović - Johan Elmander
Coach: Erik Hamrén
goal1: 0 Klose (8th)
goal2: 0 Klose (15th)
goal3: 0 Mertesacker (39th)
goal4: 0 Özil (56th)



goal4: 1 Ibrahimović (62.)
goal4: 2 Lustig (64.)
goal4: 3 Elmander (76.)
goal4: 4 Elm (90. + 3 ′)
yellow cards Reus (84th), Lahm (89th), Schweinsteiger (90th + 2 ′) yellow cards Isaksson (40.)

Reactions

While there was disappointment among the players in the German team, the Swedish team cheered and sometimes amazed at the result. While some Swedish players criticized the defensive performance after the 4-0 lead, for example, the Swedish coach Hamrén spoke of a historic game. Rainer Holzschuh , editor of the Kicker sports magazine , complained about the lack of leaders in the German team. Rafael Buschmann, journalist from Der Spiegel , felt the "felt defeat" simply "just embarrassing" and said that the German team had not learned from previous mistakes. The international press spoke of a “crazy game” ( Record , Portugal), an “unbelievable turnaround” ( Kurier , Austria) and a “capitulation” of the German team ( The Independent , United Kingdom). National coach Joachim Löw was self-critical days later and admitted personal mistakes.

Historical classification

In the history of the German national team, there were previously three games that also ended 4: 4: On April 14, 1912, against Hungary , after the German team had led 4: 1 up to the 59th minute, in the last game before the First World War on April 5, 1914 against the Netherlands , in which the German team, which in the meantime led 3-1, managed to equalize 4: 4 in the 90th minute, and on November 12, 1939 against Bohemia and Moravia , in which the German team was now 3-0 down. There was also a 5: 5 against the Netherlands on March 24, 1912, in which Julius Hirsch scored four goals. It was also the fourth 4: 4 for Sweden. The previous three games with this result took place on September 28, 1930 against Finland (with an intermittent 1: 4 deficit), on October 26, 1958 against Denmark , with the two teams each scoring alternately, and on August 6, 1972 against the Soviet Union took place, Sweden meanwhile lagged 1: 3 behind. There has never been a draw with more goals in the history of the Swedish national team.

Further development

The result of the game changed little in the table constellation. Germany now led the table with ten points ahead of Sweden with seven points, Ireland and Austria were able to reduce the gap to the two leading teams by two points each with victories on the same day.

Almost one year later to the day, on October 15, 2013, Germany won the second leg in Solna after another match with many goals 5: 3 (1: 2), with Sweden initially taking the lead 2: 0. Even before the game, Germany was determined to be first in the group, qualified directly for the World Cup finals and finally became world champion at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil; Sweden, second in the group, was eliminated after the two defeats in the relegation games against Portugal .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Cup qualification Europe - game day / table. kicker online , accessed on November 1, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Faroe Islands - Sweden 1: 2. kicker online, accessed on November 1, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Double Reus cracks Irish bulwark. kicker online, October 12, 2012, accessed on November 1, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Schweinsteiger back in the boat - Bender cancels. kicker online, October 7, 2012, accessed on November 1, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Westermann replaces the injured Hummels. kicker online, October 8, 2012, accessed November 1, 2012 .
  6. ↑ a b "Inexplicable" - "Speechless" - "Dead silence". kicker online, October 16, 2012, accessed on November 1, 2012 (with comments from the coaches and some players).
  7. ↑ Rainer Holzschuh: Not a single one showed up. kicker online, October 17, 2012, accessed on November 1, 2012 .
  8. ↑ Rafael Buschmann: Felt defeat against Sweden: "Just embarrassing". Spiegel Online , October 17, 2012, accessed November 3, 2012 .
  9. ^ Press comments on the DFB draw against Sweden: “What a show!” Spiegel Online, October 17, 2012, accessed on November 3, 2012 .
  10. ↑ Federal coach Löw: "I also learn from this". Spiegel Online, October 22, 2012, accessed November 3, 2012 .
  11. ↑ eu-football.info: Football MATCH: 09/28/1930 Finland v Sweden
  12. ↑ dbu.dk: Danmark - Sverige 4 - 4
  13. ↑ eu-football.info: Football MATCH: 08/06/1972 Sweden v Soviet Union
  14. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: Alla landskamper, nationsvis (PDF document, 67 kB)
  15. ↑ World Cup qualification Europe - game day / table. In: kicker online. Retrieved December 15, 2012 .
  16. ↑ Maximilian Rau: 5-3 against Sweden: Germany crowns World Cup qualification with a revenge victory. In: Spiegel Online. October 15, 2013, accessed October 16, 2013 .