Germany 1-1 Spain: 5 Talking Points

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Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf saw the two giants of world football face-off against each other.

#2 Both teams look a little light in attack

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Diego Costa only came on as substitute in the fourth quarter.

Despite having incredible depth in other departments, the attacking options for both teams remain limited. Germany are struggling to replace the certainty of Mirosolav Klose's goals while Spain are finding it hard to replicate the success of David Villa.

Thomas Muller scored Germany's leveller although, Timo Werner proved to be a constant menace for the Spanish centre-backs.

He gave Jordi Alba and Dani Carvajal a run for their money as well as he kept switching sides to find a route to goal. The 22-year-old has blistering pace and can turn on the thrusters which allows him to give the defenders a yard or two.

Rodrigo also impressed on his start and got the job done for Spain. A wonderful finish afforded his side the opportunity to slow down the tempo of the game.

All this accounted for, we cannot still help but wonder if the choices that Joachim Low has at his disposal up-front are few and far between. The same can be said about Spain's manager.

Diego costa is still unable to mesh with the Spanish midfielders. Alvaro Morata has also had a start-stop debut season in the Premier League and following his injury cannot be the only one entrusted with the burden of scoring all the goals.

The Chelsea man was reportedly unhappy with the snub from the national side and already seems to be out of favour with his boss.

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