Published 10 hours ago
By Joe Urquhart
Florian Wirtz recorded an assist for Germany as they were beaten by Ecuador in their final World Cup group-stage fixture.
The Liverpool No.7 featured for 73 minutes of his country’s 2-1 loss at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Thursday.
Germany - who had already qualified for the next phase as Group E winners - opened the scoring in the second minute via Leroy Sane's low strike, with Wirtz providing a clever pass to find his teammate inside the area.
Ecuador, however, equalised quickly through Nilson Angulo, before Gonzalo Plata’s match-winning strike in the 77th minute provided the difference.
Germany will now move to the knockout stage and play their last-32 tie on Monday in Boston.
Published 10 hours ago