In the early morning of March 24, Beijing time, the French team played a warm-up match with the German team. Just eight seconds into the first half, Kroos, who had just returned to his country, set up Wirtz's lightning goal, before Kai Havertz doubled the lead in the second half and Rudiger cleared the crossbar. In the end, Germany won 2-0 away at France, ending a two-game losing streak.
In this game, Kroos, who returned to the national team, entered the starting line-up. Before the start of the match, the players of both teams held a moment of silence for the two legends of German football, Beckenbauer and Bremer, who had passed away.
In the first minute of the opening game, after the kick-off, Kroos picked up a pass in the middle circle, and Wirtz in the front court received the ball and was unguarded, he advanced two steps and blasted out of the world wave with his right foot, and the ball hung in the dead corner, Germany 1-0 France, at this time the game had just opened 8 seconds.
In the 5th minute, Wirtz crossed from the left side of the field, and Musiala's outflanking tackle in the middle was collected by goalkeeper Samba. In the 20th minute, the French team crossed from the left side of the front, the German defender cleared not far away, and Thuram followed up with a left-footed push and shot high.
In the 22nd minute, Dembele broke through to the bottom line on the right side with the ball and crossed the middle, Mbappe stopped the ball and passed the defender, and his right-footed shot was slightly off. In the 35th minute, Dembele's powerful shot from the right side of the box was saved by Ter Stegen, and then Rabiot's follow-up shot was deflected. At the end of the first half, Germany took the lead away.
In the second half, Wirtz crossed from the left side of the field, and Havertz in the middle of the penalty area stopped the ball and fired a low left-footed shot wide. In the 49th minute, Wirtz picked up a pass in front, Musiala entered the penalty area to receive the ball past goalkeeper Samba, crossed in the middle in front of the bottom line, and followed Havertz to push the goal, Germany 2-0 France.
In the 54th minute, Dembele drove straight with the ball, evaded the German defender's pursuit and interception, and fired a left-footed shot wide in front of the penalty area. In the 58th minute, Tchouameni received a cross from the top of the arc and fired a low right-footed shot that went wide of the post.
In the 72nd minute, German captain Ilkay Gundogan was replaced, and substitute Muller took over the captain's armband. In the 79th minute, Mittelstadt received a long pass into the left side of the penalty area and fired a low left-footed shot into the far corner, Samba fell to the ground and pounced with his fingertips, and the ball grazed the post and went out of the bottom line.
In the 88th minute, the French team got a chance to counterattack, Mbappe received the ball in front of the box into the left side of the penalty area, he passed the ball back to the middle of the box in front of the baseline, Mittelstadt cleared and kicked, the ball flew towards his own goal, Rudiger cleared in front of the goal line and kicked it to the crossbar, and the ball bounced back into the field.
In the 91st minute, Mbappe crossed from the left side of the field, and Giroud in the box volleyed a side hook under the close defense of the opponent, but unfortunately it was missed. In the end, the game ended with Germany beating France 2-0.