World champion Germany national team fought back in a tough and intense match to avenge their failure in the first group match against Mexico.
In the final seconds of added time, Joachim Low's pupils defeated Sweden 2:1.
At the beginning of the match, the Germans showed more activity, but the attempts of J. Draxler and M. Reus did not find the target.
In the 12th minute, the Swedes responded with a dangerous counterattack, but M. Berg's shot was blocked by M. Neuer, and the referee remained deaf to the fallen striker's complaints.
In the middle of the half, S. Rudy suffered a nose injury and was replaced by I. Gundogan.
In the 32nd minute, T. Kroos made a mistake and H. Toivonen skillfully lobbed the ball over M. Neuer - 0:1.
After the break, the Germans again put pressure on the opponents' goal, and it paid off - M. Reus scored - 1:1.
In the 81st minute, J. Boateng received his second yellow card and the situation of the world champions became unenviable.
Nevertheless, they did not give up - substitute J. Brandt shook the crossbar, and in the final seconds, after a mistake by the opponent, T. Kroos widened the victory for Joachim Low's pupils with a fantastic shot - 2:1.
Group F suddenly looks a bit different after that late winner...
1) #MEX
2) #GER
3) #SWE
4) #KOR #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/wKprPjF2on
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And so, to our final match of the day...
Here are the teams for #GERSWE! #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/ehJXyVfTcU
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