A Battle Of The Best | Spain 2-1 Germany Tactical Analysis

Dani olmo owned the game. Since the lost against brazil at the olympics, dani playing world class level

Cucurella and Rodri were really good and Dami Olmo was really sharp the whole game.

Sucks they met this early, would have been an insane final

Also I think Nagelsmann got a bit of blowback from his decision to try to physically intimidate Spain's young players. Yes he got rid of Pedri but that meant Olmo came on and changed the game. Also nearly all the German defenders ended up yellow carded, and you really don't want Williams and Yamal running at you when one mistake means you're sent off. It's all very well being aggressive but when the opposition has top quality players who are press-resistant even in defence, the threat can come from anywhere. For example Laporte can get forward and get involved with the attack, or Cucurella. It's not like England where you can just leave Trippier free and he'll constantly pass it backwards.

spain coach almost sold the match i feel in the 2nd half

I would give both a 7/10. They both knew how to answer each other's tactic at some point. Nagelsmann made Spain perform much worse than they used to which is one of his qualities. They mostly shut down Yamal and Williams except for the 1-0 for spain where a cumulation of tiny mistakes in the german defence were brilliantly punished by the spanish. Some of Nagelsmann's ideas didnt work but the ingame coaching was rather successful. Germany had enough chances to go up by at least 2 goals in extra time alone. De La Fuente was really good at outplaying nagelsmann's tactics of creating danger in the last line. That's why he made Sané and Can look useless on the pitch. Switching in Dani Olmo for the injured Pedri was brilliant because they could exploit the spaces between the german lines. This is why olmo was heavily involved in both goals for spain. However, he failed to adapt to the changes that Nagelsmann made which could've backfired in extra time. After wirtz and fullkrug came on the spanish often couldnt even build up properly for like the last 30 minutes of regular time. They had to go for 50/50 long balls against taller players. The germans just missed their chances at the end and didnt get the penalty so de la fuente got a bit lucky there.

How tf will you take Lamine and Williams off after going 1-0 up against Germany especially when their presence was even enough for the German fullbacks to not push forward, De La Fuente almost gifted the game and I hope he has learnt his lesson coz it could have gone south but Hats Off to Germany they played and gave their everything just that Spain are strong this tournament and they've been playing at a high level too.

Love from Jamaica I support Spain 🇪🇸 Didn’t get to watch the game due to the storm Beryl

If I’m going to war, I’m taking cucurella with me He is so relentless, non stop running ⚡️

How Spain did it? Ultimately they got lucky. Even if you discount the hand ball situation, Germany had more than enough opportunities to score the second goal, including Havertz' chip ball and Fullkrug's header that just barely missed the goal.

Bro's gotta calm down on LDF's biceps

4:00 diabolical roast🔥🔥

dani olmo should be starting for spain ensforth

This game should have been the final. Two best teams in the tournament

It was a final before its time sad to see Germany knocked out but let's go la roja ❤

Still waiting for a flick/barca video

Olmo is a baller 🔥

It was not easy to beat Germany to there own home but Spanish did it , they played absolutely world class Football

As a Germany fan, this loss hurt, and I'm not even German 😆 Honestly, either team progressing is well-deserved, it just came down to a bit of luck and a bit of individual moments (or lack thereof). Imo, handball on goal-bound shot should have been a penalty, but can't complain too much. It's the first time there's a real spark in this team in 10 years and it'll be a while before we get to see how Germany under Nagelsmann progress, especially without Kroos and likely Muller, Gundogan, and Neuer.

A FIVE??? Both deserved at least a SEVEN, no me jodas