Germany suffers first defeat under Klopp

The Greek national football team beat the German team with a score of 1: 0 in the match of the second round of the group stage of the League of Nations, which was held in German Augsburg. The only goal in the 74th minute was scored by Dimitrios Kurbelis.

Recall that on July 24, the German national team was headed by Jurgen Klopp. From 2015 to 2024 he coached the English Liverpool, under his leadership the team won the Champions League in 2019, and in 2020 for the first time in 30 years became the champion of England. Klopp also headed the German “Mainz” and Dortmund “Borussia”, with which he twice won the German championship in 2011 and 2012 and once – the national Cup in 2012, and in 2013 “Borussia” in the Champions League final with a score of 1: 2 lost to Munich “Bavaria”.

Germany and Greece play in Group 2 of the strongest division of the League of Nations. The Greek team topped the table with 6 points, followed by the Netherlands with 4 points, Germany with 1 point and Serbia with 0 points. The top two teams in each group will reach the quarterfinals of the Nations League. In the third round, the Greeks will take the Netherlands team, and the Germans will play the Serbs at home, with both meetings taking place on October 1.

Earlier it was reported that the players of Ireland and Israel did not shake hands before the match of the Nations League.