Germany\u2019s second squad in the international break dazzled all with their conviction and repaid the new German coach J\u00fcrgen Klopp with a 2-0 victory over Serbia. Bayern Munich\u2019s Aleksandar Pavlovi\u0107 received a special shoutout from his manager for his efforts.<\/p>\n
The 22 year-old midfielder was a reliable central piece to Klopp\u2019s high tempo playstyle. Overlapping runs, diagonal crosses, dribbles and shots from wingers, counter-pressing defense along with a sweeping goalkeeper. At the center of it all was Pavlovi\u0107, who was the glue that ensured the ball was received and fed to the most productive channel.<\/p>\n
And for having facilitated that central role exceptionally well, J\u00fcrgen Klopp could not hold back his praise for Pavlovi\u0107. \u201cWhat a game by Pavlovi\u0107. He was everywhere!\u201d exclaimed Klopp (ZDF<\/a> via @iMiaSanMia<\/a>) after the third Nations League game of this international window.<\/p>\n Pavlovi\u0107 was the go-to man for his team, registering a game high 148 touches and making 123 passes with a remarkable 93 percent accuracy. He combined his machine-like passing ability with his attacking vision to create three chances.<\/p>\n The midfielder has been working on his defensive skillset as well. Against a robust Serbian side committed to physical challenges, Pavlovi\u0107\u2019s recoveries and 60 percent duel success allowed Germany to retain and dominate possession. Pavlovi\u0107 was a vital cog of the stable base upon which Klopp\u2019s intense attacking brand of football could play out on the pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s second squad in the international break dazzled all with their conviction and repaid the new German coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[84459,403,99],"class_list":["post-868035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-german-national-team-and-international-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}