🏅 MOTM: Who needs Batman when Germany have Robin? | OneFootball

🏅 MOTM: Who needs Batman when Germany have Robin? | OneFootball

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Padraig Whelan·19 June 2021

🏅 MOTM: Who needs Batman when Germany have Robin?

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After a false start, Germany announced their arrival at Euro 2020 with a sensational performance against Portugal in Munich.

Our Man of the Match is 



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Robin Gosens

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The overlapping, whirlwind attacking force of nature on the left that Atalanta fans have been accustomed to for so long is now doing it for an international audience.

An incredible early acrobatic volley set the tempo for his evening and although that goal was ruled out by VAR, he wouldn’t be denied for long.

A similar attempt shortly afterwards ended in RĂșben Dias putting into his own net before he kicked things up a notch after the break.

His perfect low cross for a Kai Havertz strike saw the 25-year-old claim an assist before he got among the goals himself with a thumping header from Joshua Kimmich’s delivery.

He was substituted after that on the hour mark but 60 minutes was all he needed to make his mark.

Famously a few years ago, Cristiano Ronaldo denied him his jersey after a Serie A game against Juventus.

Maybe this time, it’ll be Ronaldo asking for Gosens’ shirt following this showing.