France came from behind to defeat Germany 2-1 on Tuesday in the UEFA Nations League as Joachim Low's team continues its downward spiral. The defending World Cup champs got two goals from Antoine Griezmann, and Germany saw defeat for the sixth time in the last 10 games. Since the World Cup failure, Germany has one win, a draw and two losses, with both of the losses coming in the last week.
On the road, Germany was able to get an opening goal 14 minutes in from Toni Kroos thanks to a penalty kick, but the team threatened little after that. Griezmann got both of his goals in the final half an hour to earn the three points.
The first, on 62 minutes, was a lovely header to the far post:
There was no stopping this one ...
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 16, 2018
Antoine Griezmann brings France level with a perfect header. (🎥 U.S. only) pic.twitter.com/zFrB5lNbi8
Then France was awarded a penalty kick which the star forward put away with ease:
Clinical penalty by Antoine Griezmann to get his brace, and put #France 2-1 up against #Germany, who had opened the scoring.#FRAGER #LesBleus #NationsLeague 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/Ye3sCoqQhZ
— #ThankYouDeuce (@JogaBonito_USA) October 16, 2018
As it stands in League A Group, France is first with seven points while Netherlands has three points, and Germany has just one point from three games. The Germans look like a likely candidate to be relegated to League B with one more game to go -- a must-win match against the Netherlands on Nov. 19.
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