Germany salvaged a 1-1 tie against Spain on Sunday to avoid getting pushed to the brink of World Cup elimination.
Niclas Fullkrug scored int he 83rd minute for Germany after he come as a sub for Thomas Muller. Fullkrug’s strike tied the game after Alvaro Morata scored after he came on as a sub in the 61st minute to give Spain the lead.
Fullkrug’s goal means Germany can advance to the knockout rounds with a win over Costa Rica on Thursday and a little help from Spain against Japan. The Costa Ricans beat Japan 1-0 in yet another World Cup upset early Sunday morning. Costa Rica was blitzed 7-0 by Spain in its first game of the tournament.
Germany had a first-half goal waved off for offside. Antonio Rudiger scored a header off a free kick but he was offside as he made his run. A Spain win would have put the 2010 World Cup champions through to the knockout rounds before the final game of group play and forced the 2014 winners to get a lot of help on the final day of Group E group play to advance. Instead, Germany can advance with a win and a Spain win or a win and a tie between Spain and Japan. Since Spain scored so many goals against Costa Rica, it’s unlikely that Germany would surpass Spain in goal difference if both Germany and Japan won on Thursday.
A Spanish victory would have also meant the first back-to-back World Cup losses for Germany since the 1958 tournament and put Germany on the precipice of group stage elimination for the second World Cup. Germany failed to advance out of the group in 2018 after losing to Mexico and South Korea in the group stage.
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