Florian Wirtz stole the show with two goals in Germany\u2019s 4-3 win over Switzerland on Friday night, one of which wouldn\u2019t look out of place on the shortlist for the 2026 FIFA Puskas Award.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old linked up with his national team having not scored in his last eight matches<\/a> for Liverpool, with that dip in form leading to Craig Burley describing the playmaker\u2019s move to Anfield last summer as a \u2018bit of a waste<\/a>\u2018.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON\u00a0APPLE<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0GOOGLE PLAY<\/a><\/p>\n However, the Reds\u2019 number 7 showed for his country last night just why the Merseyside club made him their first \u00a3100m+ signing nine months ago.<\/p>\n Wirtz scores wonder goal in Germany win<\/p>\n With the teams level at 2-2 on the hour mark, Serge Gnabry played a short corner to Wirtz, who moved towards the edge of the penalty area and shaped to deliver a cross \u2013 or so it seemed.<\/p>\n In actuality, he spotted a gap at the far post and duly curled an unstoppable shot into Gregor Kobel\u2019s net to edge Germany in front for the first time in a see-saw encounter.<\/p>\n He would later go on to score a late winner for the Nationalmannschaft after Switzerland had drawn level at 3-3, and he also claimed the assist for the first-half goals for Jonathan Tah and Gnabry.<\/p>\n Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a\u00a0preferred source on Google<\/a>\u00a0to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/p>\n Wirtz was unquestionably the star of the show for Germany<\/p>\n It\u2019s no exagerration to state that Wirtz was the star of the show in Basel on Friday, either scoring or setting up all four of his country\u2019s goals and treating us to a simply outrageous strike in the second half.<\/p>\n He played five key passes, had three shots on target overall and even missed one \u2018big chance\u2019 (along with creating three). In terms of his work off the ball, he won four tackles and five of his eight duels in an overall outstanding performance (Sofascore<\/a>).<\/p>\n The 22-year-old frequently steps up to the plate for Germany, being one of the few to impress<\/a> in their unconvincing win over Luxembourg in November, and his all-action display against Switzerland further underlines the belief that he\u2019ll be central to his nation\u2019s bid for a fifth World Cup triumph this summer.<\/p>\n Hopefully Wirtz can bottle his heroics from last night and sprinkle such stardust over Liverpool\u2019s remaining fixtures this season \u2013 this guy is special!<\/p>\n You can view Wirtz\u2019s wonder goal below, via\u00a0@sporttvportugal<\/a> on X:<\/p>\n Mas que bilhete de Wirtz \ud83d\ude2e#sporttvportugal<\/a> #FUTEBOLnaSPORTTV<\/a> #JogodePrepara\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a> #Sui\u00e7a<\/a> #Alemanha<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/34nvcyLgBv<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 sport tv (@sporttvportugal) March 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t