Overview
- Germany’s 22-year-old playmaker drove a 4-3 win in Basel on Friday, scoring twice including an 85th‑minute winner and setting up two more.
- He teed up Jonathan Tah and Serge Gnabry in the first half, then curled in a superb strike on 61 minutes before clinching the result, which was Germany’s first victory over Switzerland since 2008.
- Julian Nagelsmann said Germany “deserved to win” and called Wirtz exceptional, while warning the back line was too passive and needs work before the tournament.
- Wirtz called it “probably” his best game for Germany as outlets such as BILD handed him top marks, a surge that contrasts with his mixed debut season at Liverpool after a £100m‑plus move.
- Germany face Ghana on Monday as preparations continue for Group E at the World Cup, where they will meet Ecuador, Ivory Coast and Curaçao.