THE FUSE

Against Switzerland, it was clear from early on just how much the DFB team had focused on set-pieces. Germany’s first goal resulted from a superbly rehearsed move: the corner from the left was played short to Joshua Kimmich, who, without even attempting to turn towards goal, laid the ball back to Florian Wirtz. Wirtz collected the ball on the touchline and delivered a precise cross to the far post, where Jonathan Tah got away from Silvan Widmer and headed home to make it 1-1. “If you do it quickly and switch play fast, you catch the opposition off guard. That’s the hardest thing to defend against,” said former BVB coach Edin Terzic in praise of the move after the match on RTL.