Talking within the blended zone (through Sky Germany) after Germany’s 1-0 win towards the Netherlands, goalscorer Jamie Leweling of VfB Stuttgart spoke on his debut for the nationwide workforce.

The 23-year-old thought he had opened the scoring inside two minutes when he beat Bart Verbruggen however Serge Gnabry was offside within the build-up, so the objective was chalked off. Nonetheless, simply after the hour mark, Leweling would get his debut objective earlier than being subbed off within the 87th minute. 

Leweling was a shock begin for Germany as Stuttgart teammate Deniz Undav was injured forward of the sport. On discovering out he would begin towards the Netherlands, Leweling mentioned: 

“I discovered this morning that I used to be beginning. In fact I used to be nervous. However in the long run it’s soccer, 11 towards 11. On the pitch the nervousness was gone. I’m very joyful.”

The winger was additionally eligible to play for Ghana by means of his father however selected to play for Germany. On his resolution, Leweling mentioned: 

“Fairly merely: as a result of I used to be born and grew up right here. I’m German!”

Leweling was a late call-up to the squad following the harm to Jamal Musiala however his efficiency in Munich final night time staked his declare that he may very well be a helpful addition to the squad sooner or later as he provided one thing totally different to the assault alongside Florian Wirtz, Serge Gnabry and Tim Kleindienst. 

GGFN | Jack Meenan