Niclas Füllkrug scored on his Germany debut and Youssoufa Moukoko made his senior international bow as Germany scraped a win over Oman in their final game before the 2022 World Cup.

Oman 0-1 Germany
Goals: 0-1 Füllkrug 80' (assist: Havertz)

Called up to the Germany squad for the first time ahead of the World Cup, Moukoko was thrown straight into a somewhat experimental starting line-up in Muscat. The 17-year-old Borussia Dortmund striker had a well-drilled Oman defence to contend with as Hansi Flick's team controlled the play for long periods, albeit only sporadically threatening the opposition goal. Kai Havertz combined with Bayern Munich's Leon Goretzka for Germany's first chance of note, but was foiled inside the box by the goalkeeper. Leroy Sane then blazed over, before testing Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini's reflexes with a well-struck shot from 18 yards. Moukoko had the best chance of the half in stoppage time, but could only turn David Raum's left-wing cross against the upright from close range.

Despite an encouraging showing, Moukoko was one of four half-time changes. His replacement Füllkrug was straight into the thick of the action, going within a whisker of turning fellow substitute Christian Günter's cross goalwards. Ilkay Gündogan and Füllkrug forced Al-Mukhaini into a pair of quick-fire saves, the latter forcing a corner. The resultant delivery found Thilo Keher, whose 10-yard strike was met by the goalkeeper's outstretched boot. Sane and substitute Julian Brandt were off target with speculative efforts, before Germany broke Oman's stubborn resistance. With 80 minutes on the clock, Havertz teed up Füllkrug for an unerring finish from inside the area. The Werder Bremen man thought he'd doubled his and his country's tally moments later, but the goal was ruled out for offside.

Match stats

• Germany begin their World Cup campaign against Japan on 23 November. They will also face Spain and Costa Rica in Group E.
• Füllkrug, who scored eight times for Germany's U19s and 20s, added to his 10 goals for Bremen this season.
• At 17 years and 361 days old, Moukoko is Germany's youngest debutant since Uwe Seeler in 1954 (17 years and 345 days).
• An unused substitute against Oman, Mario Götze made his last Germany appearance in a November 2017 friendly draw with France, registering an assist. He scored his last of 17 international goals to date in a March 2016 friendly win over Italy.
• Flick has won 10 of 16 matches as Germany coach, drawing five and losing one.
• The current Germany coach was Joachim Löw's assistant at the triumphant 2014 World Cup.

Teams

Oman: Al-Mukhaini - Al-Harthi, Al-Khamisi, Al-Habsi, Al-Kaabi (Al-Amri 87') - Al-Saadi (c), Al-Yahmadi, Al-Aghbari, Al-Yahyaei (Ar. Al-Alawi 87') - Al-Subhi (Al-Ghassani 61'), A. Al-Alawi (Abd-Raboh 61')
Unused subs: Al-Rawahi, F. Al-Rushaidi, Al-Musalami, Bait Durbin, Al-Malki
Out: Al-Hajri (knee)
Coach: Branko Ivankovic

Germany: Neuer (c) - Kehrer, Klostermann (Bella Kotchap 34'), Ginter (Schlotterbeck 46'), Raum (Günter 46') - Gündogan (Brandt 65'), Goretzka (Kimmich 46') - Hofmann, Havertz, Sane - Moukoko (Füllkrug 46')
Unused subs: Trapp, Süle, Gnabry, Götze, Musiala, Adeyemi
Out: Müller (groin), Rüdiger (hip), ter Stegen (stomach bug)
Coach: Hansi Flick

As it happened!

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