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[15-06-2021 |Allianz Arena, Germany| 20:10 CET]
[France 1-0 Germany]
[38']
Ilkay Gündoğan didn't curl it, choosing instead to drill it low, hard, beneath the jumping wall, sending the ball skipping off the turf like a stone across water, arrowing toward the bottom left. Lloris, between the sticks, had been fooled, half committing to defending the curl that never came, his feet already shifting to push off toward the top corner. But the Tottenham keeper wasn't considered one of the best goalkeepers of his time for nothing, as he could be seen twisting his body mid-motion and flinging himself low to his left.
