📸 Florian Wirtz responds to his critics in latest Germany outing

Germany are cruising towards a World Cup place after racking up a first-half lead against Slovakia in Monday's qualifier.

The four-time world champions headed in at the break in Leipzig with an emphatic 4-0 score line to make their winner-takes-all contest a very one-sided affair.

Leroy Sané made Die Mannschaft's lead all the more comfortable with a quickfire brace towards the end of the half but he owed it all to Liverpool's Florian Wirtz .

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Wirtz has faced more than his fair share of scrutiny after failing to scale his previous heights since making a £100m switch to Anfield during the summer.

But what the former Bayer Leverkusen man has lacked for Arne Slot's side, he more than made up for in Germany colours by providing two sublime assists for Sané.

– Monday, 17 November 2025

That's one way of answering your critics!

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