During Germany’s 7-0 pummeling of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a curious play happened in the 83rd minute when Borussia Dortmund midfielder Pascal Groß appeared to be on his way to making it 8-0…until Bayern Munich’s Serge Gnabry made a deft…stop?
This is how Sky Sport described the play:
It would have been 8-0 in a memorable Nations League match for the German national team – but “defender” Serge Gnabry involuntarily prevented an even bigger victory for the DFB team against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 7-0 (3-0) win in Freiburg.
The Munich player slid across the wet grass in front of the opponent’s goal to reach the ball when Pascal Groß swung – and Gnabry unfortunately slid into his shot. The ball landed on his back and bounced back into the field (83’).
Like a good teammate Groß took Gnabry’s defense in stride.
“We made a few jokes about it – he defended it superbly. Serge is an attacker and wanted to score himself. The fact that two or three players were there and wanted to score shows how we approached the game,” Groß told Fussball News journalist Christopher Michel (as captured by @iMiaSanMia).
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