Toni Kroos is back with a masterful game!

Toni Kroos returned to the German national team and in a masterful way. After three years, Toni Kroos played again for the national team with which he won the world championship title in 2014. Without him, Germany has not looked their best in the past few years which seems to have forced Toni Kroos to return to the national team after all. Although Germany has not been shining lately, this national team managed to defeat the current world vice-champion France for the second time in the last six months.

Toni Kroos assisted the goal scored in the seventh second!

Toni Kroos could not have imagined a better-returning debut to the national team, since after a few seconds he sent an assist to Wirtz who scored a spectacular goal from 25 meters. At that moment, only seven seconds had passed and Germany had already taken the lead. After disappointing games against Turkey and Austria, Germany finally played a game worthy of a national team that will chase a record fourth European championship title on home soil next summer.

FLORIAN WIRTZ & Germany score after just SEVEN SECONDS. 🤯

An immediate assist for Toni Kroos on his return to international football. 🇩🇪pic.twitter.com/icbgEXmMtJ

— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) March 23, 2024

This kind of game gave back hope to German fans that their national team could return to the paths of old glory after several years of stumbling. What can make them even more happy is the return of Toni Kroos to the national team. Toni Kroos returned to the national team in the game in which Germany scored the fastest goal ever, after only three moves, one of which was the work of Toni Kroos. Germany hasn’t been winning too much lately, but they managed to beat France twice.

This time the Germans were better than the French in Lyon 2-0. No one could even imagine that the first goal would fall already in the seventh second, which left the French fans and goalkeeper Samba in shock, who, in his third appearance for the national team, was only able to send the ball away with his eyes. Like the fans, the players of the French national team were shocked and it took them some time to gather themselves and recover from the initial shock.

Kylian Mbappe, the best player of this national team and at the same time the captain, stepped up in the middle of the first half and had two chances in just three minutes. Germany managed to overcome that period of initiative of the French national team.

By the end of the half, Rabiot missed a good chance from five meters after catching the ball badly. It turned out to be France’s last chance in this match.

Toni Kroos sent off with a standing ovation

The second half started in much the same way as the first half as Germany once again scored an early goal. Again, only three moves were enough for the Germans’ second goal in this match. Wirtz passed to Musial who went around Samba and back to Havertz who had no difficulty putting the ball into the opponent’s net. By the end of the match, Germany could have achieved a more convincing victory, but Samba saved the home team from complete embarrassment with several good interventions.

France did not create a single serious opportunity in the last half hour, so the fans deservedly sent them off with whistles at the end of the match. There were not too many Germans in the stands, but those fans who were at the stadium in Lyon saw off their national team with applause, and Toni Kroos, who left the field in the 90th minute, received a special ovation. Nagelsmann was quite expectedly satisfied with the batch of his pullets. He noted that taking the kickoff the way it was done before the first goal was planned.

“Big compliment to the team, that was very, very good. The first 25 minutes were very good. Maybe we could have scored one more goal. The kick-off was planned that way, it was excellently prepared by our set piece coach Mads Buttgereit and then was executed well,” Nagelsmann said.“We improved again in the second half and had three or four really good chances. Even when we made subs, Deniz Undav and Maxi Mittelstädt had two great chances. In the end I’m very, very satisfied.”

Didier Deschamps suffered a defeat against Germany for the second time in just six months and admitted that the rival was much better in this match.

“I think we weren’t up to it. We didn’t have the ingredients.

“In terms of commitment, and aggression, we were below them,” Deschamps said at his post-match interview after the game.

The next friendly matches between Germany and France will be played on Tuesday. The rival of the host of the upcoming Euro will be the Netherlands, while France will compete with Chile. Germany won against France for only the fourth time in the last 12 games. After losing to Argentina in the World Cup final, France experienced its only two defeats against Germany.