Despite a perfect start, the German team still has some flaws and can easily be punished by Hungary if…

Germany won easily against Scotland on the opening day of EURO 2024, but it is not certain that the host team of this year's European Championship is a perfect team.

Against the tough Scotland in the match a few days ago, the German team almost guaranteed victory after the first half, when they led their opponents 3-0 after this half. In the end, the German team won 5-1. It is worth mentioning that Scotland's honorary goal was also scored by a German player: center back Rudiger scored an own goal. Own goals are not rare in football. It is not rare for a team to win too much, take a big lead over the opponent, and then concede a goal (at the time of conceding a goal in the 87th minute due to Rudiger's own goal, Germany was leading 4-0).

 

Rudiger (2) is quite slow in turning around.

However, the notable point is that the own goal fell on center-back Rudiger, who has made serious mistakes many times in major tournaments. This means that Rudiger's mistakes in Germany's matches have become a recurring phenomenon, proving that this is a weak link in the defense of the team that has won the EURO 3 times and the World Cup 4 times. In the match against Scotland, Rudiger put the ball into his own net when he was almost not under significant pressure from the opponent. Remember, at the 2022 World Cup, Rudiger was the one who appeared slow, allowing Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano of the Japanese team to pass him, scoring to help Japan beat Germany 2-1 in the group stage. After that, the world press warned about the slowness of center-back Rudiger when he had to face skillful and agile attacking players.

Germany's central defender Jonathan Tah

Playing alongside Rudiger in the match against Scotland at EURO 2024 was Jonathan Tah, a player who also struggled against the opponent's agile and technical striker. Playing for Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) in the UEFA Europa League final last May, Jonathan Tah was repeatedly dribbled by Atalanta striker Lookman before Lookman scored 3 goals for Atalanta, helping the team beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0. The common point of the two regular central defenders of the current German team, Jonathan Tah (1.95 m) and Antonio Rudiger (1.90 m), is that they are very tall, but turn around quite slowly. Scotland has not yet fully exploited this weakness in the German defense, because Scotland is not a team that plays with a lot of technique. But if the German team has to face more technical opponents, with strikers who are both technical and fast like Mbappe (France), Nico Williams (Spain), Rafael Leao (Portugal), Jude Bellingham (England), or Federico Chiesa (Italy)... the weakness in the German team's defense may be more clearly exposed. At that time, the German team will certainly not be as easy to play as in the opening match against Scotland. Just over a year ago, at the 2022 World Cup, the German team conceded a total of 5 goals after only 3 matches, and they conceded goals in every match. That is a pretty bad statistic for a team in the top group of the world like the German team. The Germans will definitely improve this statistic, because if the defense is not solid, Germany will find it difficult to go all the way on the path to conquering the EURO championship this year. In the immediate future, in the reception of Hungary at 11 p.m. today (June 19), if they do not pick up "mistakes", the home team may pay a heavy price.

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