UEFA Nations League: 3 reasons why Germany failed to score against France

#2 Dominating possession but a lack of killer instinct

Germany loves to have the ball at their feet, controlling the tempo of the game even dominating the match at times. However, as many historic games have shown over the years, just because you have the ball doesn’t mean you have won the game as the Germans found out today. They dominated the ball for more than 40 minutes in the first half but struggled to make too much of an impact towards Areola’s goal.

While France did manage to make a comeback before half-time, the second half domination by the home side ensured that Germany regained possession and things continued. While they did make inroads towards Areola’s goal, it took them 64 minutes to force the PSG goalkeeper into an excellent save.

They could have benefitted from having someone with that killer pass, and as German fans at the Allianz Arena and countless others around the world realised, they lacked that killer instinct.

Germany for all their dominance failed to make an impact and struggled to find that decisive moment in the final third from anyone on the pitch, which included the likes of Toni Kroos, Marco Reus, Leon Goretzka, and Thomas Muller among many others.

Things need to change going forward especially with the air of criticism surrounding the German side. And sinking down to 18th place on the FIFA rankings is not going to make it easy.