latest football news: Germany win to see off Luxembourg
Nick Woltemade
Germany and Netherlands are both on the brink of qualifying for next year’s World Cup finals after the alatest European qualifying matchday.
The Germans had Nick Woltemade to thank for the two goals with which the four-time world champions achieved a hard-earned 2-0 win over Luxembourg in their penultimate tie.
Woltemade, who has scored his team’s last three goals after also netting the winner in their 1-0 victory over Northern Ireland last month, put the visitors in front in the 49th minute.
He slid in to connect with a Leroy Sane cutback with the Germans surprisingly on the backfoot for much of the first half.
The Newcastle striker added another in the 69th minute to keep Germany top of Group A on 12 points, with Slovakia, their next opponents on Monday, in...