Wataru Endo captained his country to a impressive 4-1 win against Germany.
Schlotterbeck is a good defender and he has very good straight-line speed. However, pushing into a left-back position and asking him to cover smaller and quicker (in small spaces) players was a recipe for disaster…and it proved to be just that. On both of Japan’s first half goals, the team attacked Schlotterbeck, whipped in crosses that he could not close on, and scored.
Schlotterbeck’s sloppiness struck again for Germany in the 41st minute when an errant pass sent Ayase Ueda on a straight break away with no challengers except Marc-André ter Stegen. Luckily for Germany, its goalkeeper made a massive save to prevent Flick’s team from being down 3-1 heading into the locker room for halftime.
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