Munich (Germany) (AFP)

Stunned by its inaugural defeat against France (1-0), Germany masterfully straightened its head on Saturday in Munich with a 4-2 KO victory over Portugal, which leaves Group F of the Euro fully open after the draw of the French (1-1) in Budapest against the Hungarians.

The Blues are in the lead with 4 points, but face the defending Portuguese 3 points in their last game on Wednesday, who could have qualified if they had won in Munich.

The Mannschaft, now also with three points and the wind in the back, will a priori have the role of favorite in Munich against Hungary (1 pt), but the Magyars will come to Germany with a chance to qualify if they win.

"We are not going to jump into the assault blindly. We cannot neglect the defense," Joachim Löw replied on Friday to a question about his tactics, after lamenting the "lack of risk-taking" against the Blues.

Starving and wanting to redeem themselves, his players did not really listen to him.

They entered the game like cannonballs.

We had not yet played five minutes, and the Portuguese had barely touched the ball, when left-back Robin Gosens scored what could have been the best goal of the Euro - a scissor volley in the end. 'horizontal at a difficult angle - if the VAR had not sanctioned an offside position by Gnabry.

- The Portuguese against their camp -

For fifteen minutes, the fireworks continued: Gnabry tumbled into the box, Havertz and Müller from afar, Kroos from the penalty spot, the danger came from everywhere and we wondered how many minutes the Portuguese defense would hold.

And then the thunderclap, the first of this somewhat crazy match.

On the very first against Portuguese, Jota takes the German defense speed, serves Ronaldo, who opens the scoring (0-1, 15th).

Explosion of joy in the stand behind the goal of Neuer, the lair of supporters of the Seleçao.

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But Germany had its plan.

Hold behind, and set fire to the front, which she had been afraid to do against France.

The two Mannschaft goals before the break were scored against their camp by Ruben Dias (1-1, 35th) then Raphaël Guerreiro (2-1, 39th).

No coincidence: Dias was under pressure from Havertz, and Guerreiro only served as a billiard cue on a ball set back from Kimmich.

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- Huge Gosens -

The break did not extinguish the rage or the daring of the Germans.

Gosens, the man from Atalanta Bergamo, whom the absence of a nominal winger in the team leaves free to play very high (like Kimmich on the right) served yet another powerful center, taken over victoriously by Kai Havertz ( 3-1, 51st).

Before rewarding himself for his huge match by scoring his own goal, with a header, without being caught on the fly by the VAR this time (4-1, 60th).

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The Germans have proven they have heart.

But all their weaknesses did not disappear by a miracle, and in particular their poor defense on the opposing set pieces.

Diogo Jota took the opportunity to reduce the score (4-2, 67th).

Without consequences.

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Munich supporters, who have finally found their voice, are now waiting for a victory against Hungary and qualification for the round of 16.

Germany is capable of it, but it should not forget that at the 2018 World Cup, it was eliminated in the third game by a defeat against ... South Korea (2-0), after a defeat and a victory .

Like this year.

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