On Friday night, Germany defeated Greece 2-1, and Kai Havertz of Arsenal scored a beautiful goal to put his team on the scoreboard. 

This was the final game for Julian Nagelsmann’s team before they play Scotland on Friday to begin their Euro 2024 campaign.

The German national team is particularly excited about the competition because it is being held at home, and their victory against Greece should boost their confidence before they play their opening match at the Allianz Arena next week.

On Friday night, Germany’s equaliser was scored by Arsenal’s Kai Havertz, who is having a great season. Leroy Sane found the 24-year-old, who turned and made an excellent shot.

A week before the first match of Euro 2024, on Friday at Moenchengladbach, Poland lost 2-1 to Greece in a friendly match. However, Pascal Gross’s goal in the 89th minute gave Germany the victory.

The game was won by the home club in the final minute when Brighton midfielder Gross fired a rocket past Greek goaltender Odysseas Vlachodimos, who was born in Germany. Georgios Masouras had earlier had his first goal cancelled out by Kai Havertz.

In spite of fielding his best squad, Germany lacked adaptability in their matchup with the 2004 European Champions. They were eliminated from the competition this summer after losing a play-off qualifier to Georgia due to penalties.

Despite their defeat, Toni Kroos insisted that Germany was still on track because, six days prior, he and Real Madrid had just won the Champions League.

“In football, it’s important to look at the big picture, but you can play bad halves.”

“In the first half, we made a lot of poor decisions and lost the ball.” But we were more concentrated and had superior ball control, therefore we prevailed in the match.

“Stay composed and avoid making blunders. We lost the ball on a few instances, but the second half of our game was far better.

The victory, according to Nagelsmann, was significant for the atmosphere that pervaded the stadium before to the event and that his players “showed much more spice” in the second half.

The first goal of Masouras came in the 33rd minute when Germany’s custodian, Manuel Neuer, dropped the ball in front of the net. After making a last-minute error in Monday’s scoreless draw with Ukraine, he had previously escaped punishment.

Ter Stegen stood in the wings, waiting.

Prior to the game, Nagelsmann announced that the victor of the 2014 World Cup would start in goal, with Barcelona’s Marc-Andre ter Stegen warming up in the wings. That promise is called into question by this error.

Real Madrid players Kroos and Antonio Ruediger Jr. returned for Germany following their absence from the match on Monday in order to celebrate their Champions League victories. Nagelsmann managed to assemble his best squad, which is anticipated to take against Scotland in the tournament’s opening match on Friday.

Just six minutes in, Christos Tzolis forced Neuer into a last-ditch double save, giving the visitors a strong early lead. The 38-year-old custodian stopped the Fortuna Duesseldorf striker in close range using both his foot and his hand.

Greece, rated fifty-first in the world, continued to pass through a porous German middle. They took the lead after thirty-three minutes when Masouras tapped in a goal from a metre out after Neuer had missed a Tzolis attempt.

Before the game, the home crowd was chanting and waving a banner that read, “We will become European champions.” The objective made them calm.

Just before halftime, Havertz had the ball in the net, but he was just a little bit offside when he took Jamal Musiala’s pass.

But eleven minutes into the second half, the Arsenal player did find the back of the net. He took a feed from Leroy Sane and scored on the turn.

With seven minutes remaining in the game, late substitute Benjamin Henrichs’ long shot went high, but Gross, who also entered the game in the middle of the second half, scored the game-winning goal from just beyond the box.

Germany will be happy with the win, but there are still some problems, especially with the goalie.

Neuer suffered a leg injury in December 2022 after returning from Qatar, which kept him out of the game for almost a year. Furthermore, he committed a crucial error against Real Madrid that caused Bayern to lose in the Champions League semifinals in May.