Euro 2020 Qualifiers, Germany 2-4 Netherlands: 3 Reasons why Die Mannschaft lost against Ronald Koeman's men

#2 Die Mannschaft's inexperience cost them the points

Mathias Ginter suffered a torrid second half against the Netherlands.

After a shaky start, the German side was in control in the majority of the first 45 minutes off the game. In spite of Memphis Depay putting pressure on the oppostion midfield and defensive line, Toni Kroos and Joshua Kimmich, with their guile and experience were able to induce cheeky fouls.

The only factor which pushed Germany back was to capitalise when they dominated. Despite executing their counter-attacking plans with Serge Gnabry and Timo Werner providing the outlets, Die Mannschaft failed to score an all-important second goal to dominate the game.

Gnabry caused a few headaches to Blind, De Ligt, and Dumfries but, failed to add to his first goal. Marco Reus had a glorious opportunity to extend his side's advantage although, a smart save from Cillisen denied the Borussia Dortmund captain.

Regardless of being exposed on multiple occasions, Oranje ended the first-half trailing 1-0. And, Germany's naivety in adjusting to Netherland's intensity compelled them into mistakes an experienced side wouldn't have made.

Be it Nico Schulz's misplaced pass for Netherlands's first goal or Tah's set-piece blunder, this budding Germany side is poised to make many more such mistakes in the near future, which going forward, will be a major learning curve for them.