A spectacular 63rd-minute strike from debutant Jamie Leweling earned Germany a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands in Munich on Monday, propelling the team into the Nations League quarterfinals for the first time.
The Stuttgart forward was called up unexpectedly after his club teammate Deniz Undav was injured during the warm-up. Despite an early disallowed goal for offside, Leweling capitalised on a loose ball from a Joshua Kimmich corner, delivering a powerful shot to secure the win.
Speaking to Germany's ZDF, Leweling expressed his delight We won as a team, I scored the 1-0, we won 1-0, but we did well and Im just happy I could help out. The Dutch are a top nation, but we played a good game nevertheless. We used the chances that we had well.
German captain Joshua Kimmich praised his team for overcoming injuries There were just three players on the field in comparison to five weeks ago against Holland a 2-2 draw in the Netherlands, thats why we are proud of what we did. You could see how happy we are, how proud we are of the performance today.
He continued, We had lots of new players, some young players, unfortunately lots of injuries but you didnt notice much of a difference. Jamie had an outstanding debut its not often the Allianz Arena gives you a reception like that he did well.
