Demien received with time and space, and he drove forward five yards before Germany's center-back stepped out to close him down, and rather than forcing a dribble that wasn't there he cut the ball back toward Merrick who had supported the attack, but the pass was slightly overhit and rolled out for a throw-in on the opposite side.
"Walter getting involved now," Jessi Ball noted. "Trying to make things happen but the execution isn't quite there yet. Needs time to settle into the match tempo."
81' - 85' |
The decisive sequence began not with brilliance but with disorder in the eighty-third minute as Germany tried to build from the back under pressure from Whitmore and Teller who had pushed high to disrupt the passing lanes, and midfielder Keller attempted a rushed clearance toward the sideline to relieve the pressure.
