But the hosts did not have to wait long to break the deadlock, with Mario Gotze drawing a foul from Kucka in the box and Gomez sending Kozacik the wrong way to make it two strikes in as many caps having previously gone nearly four years without an global goal. Highlights include all of Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 matches as well as tennis tournaments and some of the FA Cup and Capital One Cup games to name just few. Register and claim your 100% registration bonus. Joachim Loew said he wanted to play against Slovakia before he expects very defensive play from them.
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“We weren’t good at the back and we were too open in midfield”.
Uncapped Joshua Kimmich of Bayern Munich, Dortmund’s Julian Weigl, Leverkusen’s Julian Brandt and Schalke’s Leroy Sane, none of whom have yet turned 21, are all set to make their debuts.
Regular No. 1 Manuel Neuer was rested, as were Mesut Ozil, Thomas Mueller, Lukas Podolski and Toni Kroos.
“We’ve got a meeting with the doctors now to see how long Mats Hummels, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Marco Reus are going to need before they are fit”.
The hosts took the lead when Mario Goetze was fouled in the area and Gomez banged home the 13th-minute penalty.
But things did not improve under the Barcelona keeper, who let a weak Juraj Kucka shot slide through his legs seven minutes after the restart to complete a soggy evening for the 2014 world champions, who play Hungary in their final warm-up next week.
They were punished by two goals in three minutes with Hamsik first sending a fine 25-yard effort into the top corner of Bernd Leno’s goal and then Duris heading in Vladimir Weiss’ cross.
Germany made a trio of substitutions during the extended break but Slovakia were not to be affected as they picked up where they left off at the end of the first half.
There were further problems for Germany as Slovakia went into the break in the lead, via a Michal Ďuriš header that Leno will definitely feel he should have done better with.
After stormy weather had delayed the start of the second half, substitute Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s awful mistake in wet conditions allowed Juraj Kucka to make it three and Germany could not find a way back into the match. Another corner resulted in Patrik Hrosovsky finding Kucka who slotted home a two goal advantage for the underdogs, although substitute goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen will wonder how the ball slipped underneath him.
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The world champions would make a real fist of qualifying in a group with Scotland, Poland and the Republic of Ireland, and are now looking to show their calibre once again.
