{"id":212259,"date":"2025-10-14T08:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/212259\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T08:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:20:07","slug":"joshua-kimmich-speaks-on-the-wild-game-following-germanys-1-0-win-against-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/212259\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Kimmich speaks on the \u2018wild\u2019 game following Germany\u2019s 1-0 win against Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The German national team faced Northern Ireland in the last game of their international break this year before the players head back to their respective clubs to play the regular season. One would\u2019ve thought that with this being the last game, spirits would\u2019ve been high and Germany would be fighting for a big win, but it was the opposite. They struggled to find their footing for the starting portions of the game while their opponents forced several situations and played bravely. Later, with a goal from Nick Woltemade, Germany were able to break the deadlock and bag three points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Joshua Kimmich has played a solid set of games for Germany so far. Crossing a 100 caps, he plays defensive midfield or right-back, whichever is asked of him by manager Julian Nagelsmann. Following the game. Kimmich expressed his thoughts on what he felt was a \u2018wild\u2019 game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWe hoped we\u2019d have more control, but the game was \u2018wild\u2019 overall,\u201d he stated, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/1977846517894414595\" rel=\"nofollow\">@iMiaSanMia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe first half was back and forth, in the second half we had a bit more control but only for a short period. It was a real fight,\u201d he further went on. \u201dThe most important thing today for us as a group was the three points. We changed our situation completely. Now we have everything in our hands,\u201d he said, referring to Germany\u2019s hopes for further games and the upcoming World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Further speaking on the defensive side of things, Kimmich spoke on the relief of not having conceded in both games played in this break \u2014 against Luxembourg and Northern Ireland, \u201dWe didn\u2019t concede a goal in both games. It wasn\u2019t nice, but if you had told me before the games that we\u2019d win both without conceding, I\u2019d have taken it,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The German national team knew it would need to step up its efforts against Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While not a powerhouse, the Northern Ireland squad was game and made life very tough during Germany\u2019s 1-0 victory. It was not pretty and it was not likely the kind of dominant result that fans wanted to see, but it was a stiff test and one where the Germans could not afford to come out flat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Intensity and focus were there, but execution was not. Regardless, it was a win for Germany. Let\u2019s dive into the details. This is what we have on tap for this edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works \u2014 Postgame Show:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The German national team faced Northern Ireland in the last game of their international break this year before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,130440,85],"class_list":["post-212259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-german-national-team-and-international-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}