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Jürgen Klopp suffers first Germany defeat despite dominant performance against Greece

Jürgen Klopp's first match in Germany as national team head coach ended in a narrow defeat to Greece in the UEFA Nations League in Augsburg despite a dominant performance.

28 Sept, 04:46Bundesliga official website

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Germany 0-1 Greece

Goal: Kourbelis 74' (assist: Tzolis)

Germany made a determined start at Augsburg's WWK Arena in their first home match under the former Borussia Dortmund coach. It was a former Dortmund player, Karim Adeyemi, who had the best chances of a first half in which Germany controlled the play, only to find few openings against a resolute Greek defence.

Hoffenheim debutant Bambasé Conté forced a strong save from Konstantinos Tzolakis in the Greek goal shortly after the restart, before Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich provoked another flying stop from a free-kick. Christos Tzolis then raced into the area and cut the ball back for Dimitros Kourbelis to send a deflected shot in against the run of play and seal a shock win for Greece.

The defeat leaves Germany third in League A Group 2 of the Nations League ahead of their next fixture against Serbia in Munich on Thursday (kick-off 8.45pm CEST).

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