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Jamal Musiala got his first international goal as Germany thrashed North Macedonia to book their place at the 2022 FIFA World Cup with two games to spare.
Jamal Musiala got his first international goal as Germany thrashed North Macedonia to book their place at the 2022 FIFA World Cup with two games to spare. - © IMAGO / Nordphoto
Jamal Musiala got his first international goal as Germany thrashed North Macedonia to book their place at the 2022 FIFA World Cup with two games to spare. - © IMAGO / Nordphoto
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Jamal Musiala among the goals in North Macedonia as Germany qualify for Qatar 2022

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Jamal Musiala scored his maiden senior international goal as Hansi Flick’s Germany became the first team to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup thanks to a comfortable 4-0 win against North Macedonia in Skopje.

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North Macedonia 0-4 Germany
Goals: 0-1 Havertz (50’), 0-2 Werner (70’), 0-3 Werner (73’), 0-4 Musiala (83')

On a run of four straight wins under Flick, Germany were rarely troubled in Skopje. Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich went desperately close with a header from a corner inside the opening two minutes, but North Macedonia goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski was able to push his effort away. Müller flicked a header wide, before Serge Gnabry twice tested Dimitrievski. Werner followed suit soon after, and went closer still on the stroke of half-time with a shot against the foot of the near post.

Germany got the goal their dominance deserved five minutes into the second half. Müller put the kibosh on a North Macedonia break and continued his run. After receiving the ball back from Gnabry, he selflessly squared for Havertz to fire into the unguarded net from six yards. Darko Velkovski almost put a Gnabry cross past his own goalkeeper as Germany turned the screw. Timo Werner netted a quick-fire brace, before substitute Musiala's precision-perfect shot rubber-stamped the four-time world champions’ ticket to Qatar 2022 with two games to spare.

Match stats

  • Germany have a perfect record of five games played, five won, 18 goals scored, and just one conceded since Flick succeeded Joachim Löw as coach. He equals his predecessor's record for starting a tenure as Die Mannschaft boss with five wins.
  • Müller has registered 40 goals and 39 assists in 108 Germany appearances.
  • Manuel Neuer has kept 46 clean sheets in 107 games for Germany.
  • Musiala is the second-youngest player to score for Germany, aged 18 years and 227 days. Only Marius Hiller was younger when he scored against Switzerland in 1910 (17 years and 241 days).
  • Werner has been on the scoresheet in four of five matches under Flick.
  • Germany have still never lost an away game in World Cup qualifying.

Line-ups

North Macedonia: Dimitrievski - Ristovski (c) (Askovski 77'), Musliu, Velkovski, Alioski - Kostadinov (Ristevski 77'), Nikolov (Rakip 58'), Ademi (Spirovski 29') - Churlinov Jahovic (Miovski 58'), Elmas
Unused subs: Iliev, Siskovski, Todoroski, Trajkovski, Atanasov, Zajkov, Serafimov
Out: -
Coach: Blagoja Milevski

Germany: Neuer - Klostermann, Süle, Kehrer, Raum - Kimmich, Goretzka (Wirtz 61') - Gnabry (Hofmann 74'), Müller (Neuhaus 80'), Havertz (Adeyemi 61') - Werner (Musiala 74')
Unused subs: Leno, Ter Stegen, Schlotterbeck, Ginter, Reus, Sane
Out: Rüdiger (back)
Coach: Hansi Flick

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