Niclas Füllkrug could hardly save himself from well-wishers.
National coach Hansi Flick hugged his "Super-Joker", not a teammate who didn't high-five the German national team's knight of fortune after the final whistle or hugged him after his later heroic deed.
And the votes for the game were mainly related to him.
Thomas Müller about
the filling jug: "It was great to come in.
That's what he's there for.
Of course, he has already announced this in the last few days.
He has great confidence and as you can see now, a real right hammer with his right foot.
An incredible goal, he's also an incredibly cool guy, I have to say."
Ilkay Gündogan:
"We had a clear idea of how we wanted to defend that.
In the end we had the better chances to score and can live with the point.
(To Füllkrug): You can tell by the goal what qualities he has.
There's no better way to shoot it.
That was a brutally important goal for us.
We have everything in our own hands, we got the chance to progress today.
That's the most important."
Manuel Neuer:
“Everything was difficult against the Spaniards who were in a good mood.
But we accepted this fight and allowed little.
Big compliments to the defense and the whole association.
After the 0-1 draw, we didn't bury our heads in the sand and kept believing in ourselves.
The important thing is: we are still alive.
I believe we are there now.
We always want to have everything in our own hands.
We are responsible for our decisions and there is the game against Costa Rica that we can influence.
And we want to throw everything into that.”
Niclas Füllkrug (goal scorer):
"We really wanted to draw this game.
It was important for us to get that point.
We definitely have a chance to get through to the next round now.
We can now go into the last game with a good feeling and hope that everything will turn out well.”