Undav makes his WC case for Germany with a winning goal

Deniz Undav turned up the pressure on Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann to select him for the World Cup after he scored the 2-1 winner against Ghana to back up strong club form.

Undav hadn’t played for Germany since June but seven goals in his last six Bundesliga games helped him earn a recall. Germany was playing the friendly at the home stadium of his club Stuttgart and fans chanted for Undav long before he came off the bench.

The game seemed to be fizzling out to a draw when he flicked the ball over Ghana’s goalkeeper in the 88th minute to give Germany a seventh successive win.

Ghana’s Abdul Fatuwu earlier scored on the counter to cancel out Kai Havertz’s penalty for Germany.

After Florian Wirtz’s spectacular attacking display in Germany’s 4-3 win against Switzerland, Germany was expected to score.