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Germany 'send message' with Slovakia rout
The Star
|November 19, 2025
GERMANY captain Joshua Kimmich said his side "wanted to send a message" with Monday's 6-0 thumping of Slovakia in Leipzig which sealed their progress to the 2026 World Cup.
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Leroy Sane struck twice and Nick Woltemade scored for the third straight Germany. The win put Germany through atop Group A and into next year's tournament in the US, Canada and Mexico. Slovakia finished second and will go into a play-off.
"In Germany, we're not used to it being difficult to qualify that's why I'm very happy with how we played," said Kimmich.
Germany have laboured past underdog opponents in this campaign but were 4-0 up at half-time and humming in Leipzig. Woltemade, 23, continued his golden run with the opening goal after 18 minutes. Serge Gnabry added the second 11 minutes later.
This story is from the November 19, 2025 edition of The Star.
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