Kai Havertz has helped Germany salvage a 3-3 draw with Ukraine in a charity friendly that leaves neither team happy from a sporting perspective.
The Ukrainian team and the German team stand together during a friendly soccer match between Germany and Ukraine in Bremen, Germany, Monday, June 12, 2023. It is the 1000st match for the German national soccer team. – Kai Havertz helped Germany salvage a 3-3 draw with Ukraine in a charity friendly that left neither team happy from a sporting perspective on Monday.’s debut as coach, putting his team on course for the country's first ever win over Germany.
The German soccer federation was donating the proceeds to victims of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The match was also billed as the federation’s 1,000th, but the team’s performance will do little to restore battered German confidence a year before the country hosts the European Championship. Every visiting player was draped in a Ukrainian flag. The teams posed for individual photos — with Ukraine’s in front of another giant blue-and-yellow flag — before German and Ukrainian players posed for a mixed photo behind a banner with the word “peace.”Niclas Füllkrug, playing in his home stadium, was gifted a huge chance by Mykhailo Mudryk in the second minute but the Werder Bremen forward missed with only the goalkeeper to beat.
Germany missed further good chances against the disorganized visitors before Tsyhankov equalized on a counterattack in the 19th.
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