Germany in the knockouts (Photo: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
Germany vs Ivory Coast: Germany has won the match played against Ivory Coast 2-1 at Toronto Stadium. This was the second match of the two teams in Group E of the FIFA World Cup 2026. By winning this match, Germany also got the ticket for the knockout round of FIFA World Cup 2026. The German team had failed to reach the knockouts of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup. But this time it did not happen. This time, Germany has booked the ticket for the knockout round of the World Cup by winning back to back matches.
432 minutes, 9 goals, one name – Deniz Undav
Now the question is who made Germany win? On whose basis did he get the ticket to the knockout? The answer is that player who is not even a part of the team’s starting eleven. Enters in the middle of the match and dominates. The name is – Deniz Undav, who has so far spent only 432 minutes on the field for Germany in international matches in 11 matches and has scored 9 goals in them. Meaning, even though 11 matches have been recorded in his career record, his actual time spent on the field was less than 5 matches.
Germany’s situation before Deniz took the field
The first goal of the match was scored by Ivory Coast in the 30th minute. With this one goal, the Ivory Coast team maintained a 1-0 lead over Germany in the first half. With this figure, it seemed that Germany’s situation might again be like the last two World Cups. But, this was the story only until Deniz Undav came on the field.
Germany won 2-1 after Deniz came on the field.
Deniz Undav entered the field in the 60th minute of the match against Ivory Coast and what happened in the next 5 minutes surprised everyone. Germany tied the match by scoring its first goal on the goal post of Ivory Coast in the 65th minute. This goal for Germany came from the boot of Deniz Undav. After this, Davis Undav scored the second goal in extra time after 90 minutes of the match and changed the situation for Germany. With his two goals, he won it and also took it to the knockout round. Deniz Undav was chosen player of the match for his amazing performance.
Deniz became the first player to do so
Even when Germany defeated Curaçao 7-1 in its first match of FIFA World Cup 2026, Danid Undav came in the 64th minute of the match and scored 1 goal and made 2 assists. In this way, he has become the first player in the FIFA World Cup 2026 who has more than one i.e. multiple goals and multiple assists in front of his name.
