Jamal Musiala scored one of the most peculiar goals of 2025 that allowed Germany to extend their lead against Italy. This came about as a result of a corner kick routine that was executed to perfection.
After coming back from a goal deficit to defeat Italy in the first leg of their Nations League quarterfinal match on Thursday, the team coached by Julian Nagelsmann demonstrated a remarkable level of dominance in the first half of their second-leg match in Dortmund.
The first goal of the game was scored by Joshua Kimmich from the penalty spot, and then six minutes later, the captain of the German team capitalised on some lax defending to assist his teammate Jamal Musiala, who scored from close range.
After saving a header from Tim Kleindienst, Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made the decision to approach referee Szymon Marciniak, as can be seen in the video that is provided below.
At the same time that he was expressing his dissatisfaction, the alert Kimmich executed a swift corner kick, which Musiala then converted to make the score 2-0 at Signal Iduna Park. In your experience, have you witnessed anything comparable on the international stage?
Let’s take a look at how supporters responded to the goal on social media.
A particular individual stated: “I’ve watched more San Marino games than anyone should really and don’t think I’ve ever seen them concede a goal as bad as this.”
It was written by a second person that “It’s smart from Kimmich and Musiala, but it’s an absurd loss of Italian concentration,” and a third person commented that “The Italian players not even complaining has killed me wtf.”
A fourth individual commented: “CORNER TALEN QUICKLY,” and a fifth added the following: “Jamal Musiala plays the Divock Origi role as Germany catch out Italy—and the TV director—with a lightning-quick corner.”
Kleindienst put an end to the match a short while later when Kimmich delivered another perfectly-weighted cross to the Borussia Monchengladbach striker. The striker then nodded the ball home from close range to make the final score 5-1 on aggregate.
Julian Nagelsmann, the manager of Germany, opened up about their chances of winning the second leg of their match against Italy. He made reference to the fact that Germany had lost to Italy in the World Cup during the 2006 tournament.
“I remember 2006 and I’m still not happy that Germany didn’t win,” he explained to reporters. On the other hand, I believe that it is vitally important to discuss the present rather than the past. Our goal is to write our own book of history.
“I have no fear of the speed that the Italians possess. Even though we are awake, we are in a good mood. We have good solutions for this game, and going forward, it will be important for us to create opportunities for ourselves.
Luciano Spalletti, the manager of Italy, also provided his thoughts on the match, saying, “We are going to try and do the same things from the beginning. I am convinced that, if we are able to have the same behaviour as we did on Thursday, the outcome will be different.”
Due to the fact that we are beginning from a disadvantage, it will take something extraordinary to accomplish this, but we need another performance like the one we had on Thursday. The impossible is not something that needs to be invented.
He concluded by saying: “We just need to change a few moments in the game and have some individuals make a difference.”
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