Flooding opponents with goals is nothing new for Germany. Germany lost the iconic 'seven up' (7-1 win) against Brazil in the 2014 World Cup semi-final. Germany reminded Brazil fans of those 10-year-old memories again last night against Bosnia.
In this year's Nations League, Germany confirmed the quarter-finals earlier. Last night's match against Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Europa Park Stadium was a battle for Germany to be top of the group. Germany scored 7 goals in this match. Germany beat Bosnia 7-0 to record the biggest margin of victory in the 6-year UEFA Nations League history. The Germans are on top of the points table in League 'A' Group 'Three' in the Nations League with 13 points from 4 wins and 1 draw in 5 matches. Florian Wirtz and Tim Kleindienst scored twice in the seven-up match. Jamal Musiala, Kai Havertz, Leeroy Sane scored one each.
Musiala put Germany ahead in the second minute of the match at the Europa-Park Stadium. Germany doubled the lead in the 23rd minute with a Kleindienst goal. Kleindienst opened the scoring record in international football. The Germans finished with a 3-0 lead in the first half. Where Havertz scored in the 37th minute.
Germany quickly made the difference 5-0 in the second half. Wirtz scored a pair of goals between 50 and 57-7 minutes. It took the Germans less than 10 minutes to fill the hexa. Sane scored the goal in 66 minutes. The seventh goal of the match came from the feet of Kleindienst. Kleindienst scored with Antonio Rudiger's assist in the 79th minute. It was Kleindienst's second goal in the match. The 29-year-old German striker scored 2 goals in 3 matches in international football. Kleindienst made his debut in Germany's jersey with a match against Bosnia on October 11.
The last time Germany gave a team a seven-up was in 2021. Three years ago, the Germans won 7-1 against Latvia in a friendly match. Seber Sane, Timo Werner, Serge Nabri, Thomas Muller, Ilkay Gundowan, Robin Goossens – these 6 Germans scored one goal each. Latvia's only goal was scored by the team's midfielder Alekses Saveljev.
