Klopp stunned after Adeyemi’s missed shot: Kimmich jokes | OneFootball

Karim Adeyemi misses a huge chance against the Netherlands. Jürgen Klopp can hardly believe it, while Joshua Kimmich reacts with humor.

This moment could have drastically changed Jürgen Klopp’s debut as Germany’s national team coach. Germany was already leading the Netherlands 1-0 when Karim Adeyemi had a golden opportunity to seal the victory in the 39th minute.

From Bayern’s perspective, the play started off promisingly. Nathaniel Brown broke through strongly and laid the ball across to Adeyemi. The FC Barcelona forward was just a few meters in front of the nearly empty net, but sent the ball flying about two meters over the crossbar while running at full speed.

Klopp could hardly believe what he had just seen. The 59-year-old gestured wildly on the sideline, covered his face with his hands while his mouth hung wide open, and then turned to his coaching staff in disbelief.

Lothar Matthäus was also surprised. “Out of ten, he scores nine. He knows that himself,” the TV analyst explained on RTL.

Kimmich jokes about his lack of speed

Joshua Kimmich, on the other hand, explicitly defended his teammate after the 1-1 draw—and was already able to joke about the scene again.

“That happens. I’m the last person who can criticize him for that—I don’t score enough goals myself. Of course, it would have been nice to make it 2–0 there, but to the untrained eye, it might look that easy. But when you’re coming in at full speed and the ball—which was played very, very well by Nene (Brown)—is played so lightly behind you,” explained the DFB captain.

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Afterward, the Bayern star joked about his own speed: “He tries to shoot it with his left foot at full speed… I don’t even know what it feels like to run that fast, because I never get up to that pace, so: no hard feelings. He’s very frustrated himself, but in the end, it’s about the next chance, not the last one.”

Adeyemi’s missed shot also made headlines in Spain. Marca wrote: “What a miss by Adeyemi! Brown served him the ball on a silver platter, and all he really had to do was tap it into the goal. But he shot over the crossbar.” AS called it a “100 percent scoring chance.”

In the end, the missed opportunity proved particularly bitter. Germany couldn’t hold on to its narrow lead. Cody Gakpo scored in the second minute of stoppage time to make it 1–1, thus preventing Klopp from securing a winning start.