National coach admits
Nagelsmann: “He proved me wrong”
Even Julian Nagelsmann would not have thought it possible that Jamie Leweling would put in such a performance on his debut for Germany's national soccer team. "He proved me wrong," admitted the national coach after the 1:0 win over the Netherlands.
It was only thanks to the absence of Deniz Undav that the only goalscorer of the evening was allowed to play at all. "We briefly considered this morning whether we should tell him or surprise him in the meeting. We then surprised him," revealed Nagelsmann on Monday after the game.
"Difficult to assess"
If all the players had been healthy, the DFB debut would not have happened. "You have to be that honest," said Nagelsmann, who also noted: "He was actually difficult to assess in training. We had one and a half sessions. I told him yesterday that I hadn't noticed the level of energy he had at VfB in training. Today he proved me wrong."
Leweling put the ball in the net for the first time after just two minutes, but the VAR had something against it and the goal was disallowed for offside. The Stuttgart winger was to have more luck in the second half, with the 23-year-old converting a rebound to make it 1-0 in the 64th minute.
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