Deniz Undav turned up the pressure on Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann to select him for the World Cup after he scored the 2-1 winner against Ghana on Monday to back up strong club form.<\/p>\n
Undav hadn’t played for Germany since June but seven goals in his last six Bundesliga games helped him earn a recall. Germany was playing the friendly at the home stadium of his club Stuttgart and fans chanted for Undav long before he came off the bench.<\/p>\n
The game seemed to be fizzling out to a draw when he flicked the ball over Ghana’s goalkeeper in the 88th minute to give Germany a seventh successive win.<\/p>\n
Ghana’s Abdul Fatuwu earlier scored on the counter to cancel out Kai Havertz’s penalty for Germany.<\/p>\n
After Florian Wirtz’s spectacular attacking display in Germany’s 4-3 win against Switzerland, Germany was expected to score high against an opponent coming off a 5-1 loss to Austria. It ended up being a subdued win in constant driving rain.<\/p>\n
Nick Woltemade started in one of four German changes but his main impact was heading against the bar in the second half.<\/p>\n
Havertz put Germany ahead with his penalty just before halftime after Jonas Adjetey blocked a shot with his arm. Ghana leveled on the counter in the 70th when Germany-born Derrick Kohn surged down the left flank, beat defender Josha Vagnoman and crossed low for Fatawu to score.<\/p>\n
Ghana defender Kojo Peprah Oppong of Nice had to be helped off the field after injuring his left leg challenging Woltemade.<\/p>\n
Germany has further pre-World Cup friendlies against Finland in May and co-host the United States in June before facing Curacao, the Ivory Coast and Ecuador in Group E of the tournament.<\/p>\n
Ghana has lost four friendlies in a row. It’s in Group L with Panama, England and Croatia.<\/p>\n
Reporting by The Associated Press.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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