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Arsenal’s Serge Gnabry Firing Warning to Arsene Wenger with Olympic Efforts
- Updated: August 16, 2016
The name Serge Gnabry may not be too familiar right now to most Arsenal fans. But the young winger has set German hearts racing this summer as he has fired his team to an Olympic Games semi-final and the possibility of repeating their last triumph on Brazilian soil.
Joachim Low’s team took the 2014 World Cup with an imperious campaign, including that unforgettable 7-1 thrashing of the hosts in the semi-final before downing Argentina thanks to Mario Gotze’s extra-time strike. There were signs at the Euros, however, that it is time for the nation to start renewing after falling short in France.
The likes of Julian Draxler, Leroy Sane, Julian Brandt and Max Meyer, who has also been in fine form over the Games, will form part of that generational shift. And now Gnabry, on target in every single one of Germany’s four Olympic matches so far, has to be considered as part of Low’s future plans going into the Russia 2018 qualifiers and beyond.
Born in Stuttgart to an Ivorian father and a German mother, the 21-year-old leads the Rio scoring charts with six strikes so far. His latest was a typical demonstration of his pace and precision bearing in from the left wing. Overlapping a narrow, static Portugal defence, Gnabry timed his run perfectly to break free before stroking the ball home with his right foot.
The goal on the stroke of half time opened the scoring, and shattered Portugal’s resistance. Germany ran rampant in the second half with goals from Matthias Ginter, Davie Selke and Philipp Max to mark a 4-0 victory and set up a clash against dangerous Nigeria in the last-four.
The African team have also been strong at the Games, winning no less than three of their four outings so far—the only defeat coming to Colombia in the final group game, with qualification already assured. But Germany, like Brazil, have only got better as Rio 2016 has progressed, and the prospect of adding Olympic gold to their world champions title is a tantalising one for the team coached by Horst Hrubech.
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