“I can’t be too harsh on the team because we’re still growing, we’re halfway through the process” said Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann after his team won 1-0 but ended up losing to Portugal 2-1 at their own home ground. Today, his players had the opportunity to remedy thing a bit, playing for the meaningless third place in the UEFA Nations League against France, but after 90 minutes, one thing is clear: this ‘halfway through the process’ will last for a long time. After Portugal demonstrated its supremacy over Germany, France did the same. In fact, Didier Deschamp’s men were even better than Portugal and only due to Andre Ter Stegen’s excellent performance did Germany lost only 2-0.This angle of Kylian Mbappé’s goal. 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/Jqdf2lIdoM— KM (@Kylian) June 8, 2025 Les Bleus were a better team and Kylian Mbappe was the best among them. Real Madrid forward was man of the match as he scored the first goal just at the right time (end of first half) and then assisted to Olise who closed the game in the 84th minute. The Germans managed to score an equalizer in the 54th minute (Undav), but the goal was cancelled by VAR since Fullkurg made a foul on Rabiot in the buildup. To be fair, the French international elbowed the German striker, but the referee didn’t think it was a foul and the Germans’ chance of scoring was gone. They missed their opportunities in the early stages of the match. Nick Woltemade was denied the chance to open his senior international goalscoring account at his home ground by Mike Maignan. Pascal Gross, Leon Goretzka and Karim Adeyemi all also had early chances. Adeyemi then thought he had won a penalty 10 minutes before the break, only for VAR to reverse the decision after the Borussia Dortmund attacker had gone down in the box. After Florian Wirtz struck the post, Kylian Mbappe converted an Aurelien Tchouameni cross to send France into a half-time lead. The second half was all France (apart from the nullified Germany goal), but Ter Stegen was eager not to allow the second goal. He made some excellent saves but it was who knows which counter attack in the 84th minute when he was helpless against both Mbappe and Olise, who combined for the final score. Olise | 🇩🇪 Germany 0-2 France 🇫🇷pic.twitter.com/pYKVfE8uQz— Goals Xtra (@GoalsXtra) June 8, 2025 UEFA NATIONS LEAGUEThird-place gameSunday Germany – France 0-2 (0-1)/Mbappe 45, Olise 84/FinalSunday 22.00: (3.80) Portugal (3.85) Spain (1.90)***odds are subject to change***
