The German team’s performance could be decided in the front midfield this time. Much will depend on whether the sorcerer’s apprentices Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz can spread consistent magic.
If Julian Nagelsmann watches this performance again, his verdict will quickly be made. It doesn’t work like that! To be on the safe side, he could have his video analysts edit together a few more scenes from this performance; players understand it better when they see it. So, the sobering truth: Jamal Musiala waits far too long. He looks at Florian Wirtz, who looks back, both think about it, and only then does Musiala spring into action. A few minutes later, the opposite is the case: Now it is Wirtz who hesitates, a quick glance at Musiala, but he offers nothing. So Wirtz takes over himself. And says that it is “more intuition” when he starts dribbling in play. To which Musiala adds that he always tries to find out “what the game needs”.