Germany's World Cup preparations untroubled by Finland in Mainz meeting

[p]Veteran goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/neuer-manuel/Sh5KwIo6/"]Manuel Neuer[/a], who has come out of retirement for the World Cup, watched [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/finland-QuVpPpic/germany-ptQide1O/?mid=6avr2Jf5"]this one[/a] from the stands due to an injury, allowing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baumann-oliver/MZ6BATVO/"]Oliver Baumann[/a] to feature in between the posts for Julian Nagelsmann’s charges.[/p][p]Like Neuer, Baumann was effectively a mere spectator in a first period that saw the hosts pile the pressure on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hradecky-lukas/nRZtaBXj/"]Lukas Hradecky[/a]’s goal, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/undav-deniz/tUHAdtMH/"]Deniz Undav[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wirtz-florian/0Q5gjImi/"]Florian Wirtz[/a] both produced on-target efforts in the early stages of the first period. Undav then raced onto [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/musiala-jamal/nVzSNrOf/"]Jamal Musiala[/a]’s exquisite, disguised through ball, only to be denied by the onrushing Hradecky.[/p][p]Unfortunately for the Finnish shot-stopper, his resistance was ended when [b]Undav finally broke the deadlock in the 34th minute, creeping in at the back post to steer a composed header home[/b] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kimmich-joshua/MkMrkZLc/"]Joshua Kimmich[/a]’s inch-perfect delivery following a short corner. [/p][embed guid="99a0164c-aca6-4335-a814-161fb058c128" url="https://x.com/Huuhkajat/status/2061186590886502403" social-type="twitter" /][p]Despite missing out on World Cup qualification, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/finland/QuVpPpic/"]Finland[/a] managed to keep the deficit down to one before the break, but they gifted [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a] a second within three minutes of the restart. [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marhiev-adam/v3E9mnFa/"]Adam Markhiev’s[/a] careless pass in his own box opened the door for Undav to slide the ball across for Wirtz for a simple finish. [/b][/p][p]Matters got worse for the visitors when [b]Undav grabbed his second goal of the game just before the hour mark, sliding a left-foot shot beyond Hradecky[/b] to round off an incisive counter-attack and register a second brace at international level.[/p][p]With confidence oozing through the team, the four-time world champions put together a slick, incisive move that created the opening for[b] Jamal Musiala to lash home a fierce shot[/b] in his first international appearance since March 2025.[/p][p]While some last-ditch defending denied them a fifth goal, Germany would have been delighted with a fifth clean sheet in seven games as they head to Chicago for their final warm-up game against tournament co-hosts USA, before they begin their quest for a fifth star against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/curacao/bLLGpOkQ/"]Curacao[/a] on 14th June.[/p][p]For the Eagle Owls, they head to Budapest for a meeting with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hungary/MTVhw6Go/"]Hungary[/a] on 5th June, their final match before a return to competitive action in the UEFA Nations League in September.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/world/friendly-international/"]Follow all the build-up to the FIFA World Cup on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]