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Germany-Paraguay, tactical analysis
Germany lost to Paraguay in an exciting match that ended in penalties, despite coach Julian Nagelsmann's various attack plans.
Germany is the first major team to fall in this World Cup. While Julian Nagelsmann experiments with one attack plan after another, Paraguay's double defensive wall resists (1-1, d.c.r.). The analysis of a match in which Die Mannschaft finds itself having to face the penalty shootout lottery. After 9 goals and 4 assists in just 457 minutes of play - that is, on average involved in a goal every 35 minutes - coach Julian Nagelsmann decided to deploy goaltjesdief Denis Undav from the first minute. This choice implies the exclusion of dribbler Jamal Musiala. Against the robust Paraguayan defense, Nagelsmann looks for more depth in attack. However, the choice of Undav as starter does not turn out to be the winning move the German public hoped for. The match, played largely around Paraguay's penalty area, even ended in a penalty shootout, due to the ineffectiveness of six different attacking plans by Nagelsmann against an opponent highly motivated to defend.
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