Germany on the edge of World Cup elimination as Sweden leads, 1-0

GOAL Marco Reus! Sweden 1-1 Germany

Germany makes a halftime sub, bringing Mario Gomez in for Julian Draxler. He wasn’t directly involved in the goal, but the general strategy of “get more guys into the box” worked out just two minutes after halftime. Timo Werner set it up, Marco Reus finished it.

Halftime score: Sweden 1-0 Germany

So, this is going poorly for Jogi Löw’s men. Here are the scenarios for Germany to advance from the World Cup group stage. They’re out if this result holds.

GOAL Ola Toivonen! Sweden 1-0 Germany

Now this is a high-quality finish. If Sweden wins, Germany is eliminated in the group stage for the first time in their history.

Sebastian Rudy injury forces Germany substitution

Rudy took a shot to the face, and blood started pouring out of his nose.

Germany played with 10 men for five minutes, but the doctor decided he couldn’t get Rudy fixed up quickly enough to get him back into the game in a timely fashion. He was replaced by Ilkay Gündogan.

Referee misses penalty for Sweden’s Marcus Berg

How did the ref not call for VAR on this? It’s a clear penalty. Sweden fans are rightfully furious.

Recognizing the problems that his team had against Mexico, Germany coach Jogi Löw has made big changes. Mesut Özil and Sami Khedira will sit on the bench, while Marco Reus and Sebastian Rudy enter. Expect Rudy to sit deep in a true defensive midfield role, while Thomas Müller is likely to move inside to a central attacking midfield position. Sweden has made a change too, bringing in Victor Lindelöf after he was unavailable for their first match.

Germany will take on Sweden in a Group F match on Saturday. The game will be held at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia at 2 p.m. on FOX and Fox Sports Go.

Sweden defeated South Korea in its first World Cup match in 12 years. Sweden’s captain Andreas Granqvist scored the game’s lone goal on a penalty kick in the 65th minute. Germany is coming off a 1-0 loss to Mexico.