Japan humiliate Euro 2024 hosts Germany 4-1 as pressure builds on Flick

Japan's midfielder #17 Ao Tanaka celebrates the 1-3 goal between Germany's midfielder #24 Pascal Gross and Germany's defender #15 Niklas Suele during the friendly football match between Germany and Japan at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, central Germany, on September 9, 2023. AFPPIX: Japan humiliated Euro 2024 hosts Germany 4-1 in a friendly international on Saturday, piling the pressure on struggling coach Hansi Flick who defiantly insisted he remains the right man for the job.

Germany captain Ilkay Gundogan said simply “we are not good enough right now, it’s a completely bitter day -- we all need to ask questions of ourselves.” Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu said his side “actually had many more chances to score” but “the main thing is that we won.”Flick promised before the game Germany would “play our core team”, pledging to shelve an experimental approach which saw his side win just one of five games since their disastrous World Cup exit.

Germany equalised shortly after, freshly minted captain Ilkay Gundogan finding Florian Wirtz on the edge of the box. The AZ Alkmaar winger found Ito, who threaded a pass through the flat-footed Germany defence, allowing Ueda to score.

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