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This defeat represented the first time that Germany had lost the opening game in defence of their trophy. They beat Argentina 3–1 in 1958, drew 0–0 with Poland in 1978, and defeated Bolivia 1–0 in 1994. [10] Germany lost their opening match at a World Cup for only the second time, having done so in 1982, against Algeria.
The group consisted of Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic and Russia. [1] [2] Using FIFA World Rankings as a measure of the strength of the teams, The Guardian calculated in 2007 that the strongest "Group of Death" of all time was the Euro 1996 Group C. The teams (and world rankings) were Germany (2), Russia (3), Italy (7) and the Czech ...
The Death Match (Ukrainian: Матч смерті, Russian: Матч смерти) is a name given in postwar Soviet historiography to the football match played on 9 August 1942 in Kyiv in Reichskommissariat Ukraine under occupation by Nazi Germany.
Also in Group C, Germany's first group match ended in a 2–0 victory against the Czech Republic at Old Trafford. [9] In their second game, Germany faced Russia, once again at Old Trafford, on 16 June 1996. [21] The day before, a bomb was detonated in Manchester city centre by the Irish Republican Army which initially placed the match in doubt ...
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA.It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in late 2010.
In the first game, Chile lost 1–0 to West Germany, the goal being scored by Paul Breitner in the first half. Sergio Ahumada equalised for Chile in the second game to draw against the East Germans, but a 0–0 draw to Australia eliminated Chile from the World Cup. The two German teams advanced.
Russia reached the quarter-final of the World Cup for the first time since the break-up of the Soviet Union. Also was the first win of Russia in a knockout stage of World Cup since 1966, still like Soviet Union. Ignashevich became the oldest player to score an own goal at the World Cup, aged 38 years and 352 days. [21]
After Russia secured a spot in the tournament as the hosts, Germany were the first team to qualify via competition, after winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The final match saw the Germans clinch the country's fourth world title through a 1–0 extra-time win against Argentina.