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Nations League: Türkiye with clear victory – DFB team gets draw

The Turkish national team won their Nations League opener in Istanbul with a clear victory against the Faroe Islands. The DFB team, on the other hand, earned a point against European champions Italy.

Coach Stefan Kuntz got off to the best possible start in the Nations League with the Turkish national football team. The team of the 59-year-old former professional won 4:0 (1:0) against the Faroe Islands on Saturday. Cengiz Ünder (37th minute), Halil Dervişoglu (47th), Serdar Dursun (82nd) and Merih Demiral (85th) scored for the hosts at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul. In League C, Türkiye will face Luxembourg and Lithuania in Group One.

The DFB team, on the other hand, did not lose their first endurance test in the Nations League against European champions Italy – but Flick’s DFB players revealed weaknesses in all parts of the team in a 1-1 (0-0) draw in sweltering Bologna.

Joshua Kimmich (73rd minute) at least prevented the first defeat under Flick on Saturday evening shortly after Lorenzo Pellegrini (70th) had given Italy the lead. However, the second draw in a row was not a great World Cup mood builder. “Whether it’s fair or not, it’s too little for us, we wanted to win today,” goalscorer Kimmich told RTL. “We didn’t manage to bring our game onto the pitch. “

By Arnold