Germany...

The German shots came from the left and the right. They slammed into Swedish legs, backs and, at least once, right off the goal post.

But the go-ahead goal didn’t seem it would ever come. And then, in the blink of an eye, at the last possible moment, it did. Germany found a way to survive, with Kroos’s goal, on a finely orchestrated free-kick play.

The German defense is slow. Boating would have caused the defeat of Germany earlier enough as he pushed the Sweden player down in the penalty area.   On the rebound, Sweden scored easily.  Germany may not go far in this tournament.