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Internationals 9. June 2025

Germany beaten by France

VfB trio Nick Woltemade, Deniz Undav and Maxi Mittelstädt all featured for Germany in the third-place play-off against France, but were unable to prevent a 2-0 defeat.

Germany suffered a 2-0 loss against France in the UEFA Nations League third-place play-off at the MHP Arena on Sunday afternoon. Nick Woltemade was named in the starting line-up but was replaced by Deniz Undav at the break.

Undav goal chalked off

After Kylian Mbappé had put Les Bleus in front on the stroke of half-time (45’), Undav thought he had equalised early in the second period but it was ruled out following a VAR review for a previous foul in the build-up (53’).

Mittelstädt was brought off the bench in the 65th minute but could not turn the game in Germany’s favour. Michael Olise made it 2-0 in the 84th minute to secure the bronze medal for France, leaving Germany fourth.

Line-up:

1 ter Stegen – 2 Koch, 4 Tah, 5 Groß (15 Kehrer, 73'), 6 Kimmich, 8 Goretzka (26 Bischof, 65'), 9 Füllkrug, 11 Woltemade (13 Undav, 46'), 14 Adeyemi (20 Gnabry, 79'), 17 Wirtz, 22 Raum (18 Mittelstädt, 65')

Subs: 

Baumann, Nübel – 2 Anton, 7 Nmecha, 8 Andrich, 15 Kehrer, 16 Pavlovic, 19 L. Sané, 21 Gosens,