Joachim Low has no doubt there is more to come from both Germany and Spain after the two World Cup hopefuls played out an entertaining 1-1 friendly draw in Dusseldorf.
Germany had the better chances to win the game in the second half, but Spain goalkeeper David De Gea produced brilliant saves to deny Julian Draxler and Ilkay Gundogan while Mats Hummels sent a looping header against the crossbar.
Spain also went close through Isco, who was denied at point-blank range by Marc-Andre ter Stegen, and Diego Costa as honours finished even at a sold-out Esprit Arena.
He said in quotes reported by www.dfb.de: “I thought it was a great test for both teams.
“We can learn a lot from tonight, that’s why we wanted to play against teams like Spain and Brazil. You can only truly gauge yourself as a team when you face the best.
“However, we still want to push on and improve. We can go up another gear and I think both teams haven’t shown their full hand yet.
“It was a very high-quality game and I think the fans can be happy with what they’ve seen tonight.”
Toni Kroos, who plays his club football in Spain for Real Madrid, believes a draw was the right result between the two footballing superpowers, who both remain unbeaten since Euro 2016.
He said: “Spain were on top for the first 20 minutes and deserved to be ahead. Then, we got a foothold on the ball and, in turn, the game.
“All in all, it was a fair result. It was a good game of football. We’re putting in a solid level of performance.”
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