Overview

• Germany opened qualifying with a 5–0 win in Rostock, where Nicoló Tresoldi scored in the 44th, 50th and 57th minutes.
• Nelson Weiper put Germany ahead in the 19th minute and assisted two of Tresoldi’s goals.
• Muhammed Damar added the fifth in front of 9,019 spectators at the Ostseestadion.
• Tresoldi, who moved from Hannover 96 to Club Brugge in the summer for about €6 million, said he is still settling at his new club and not yet at 100 percent.
• Di Salvo noted renewed depth at centre-forward, pointing to options including Weiper, Ilyas Ansah and Dzenan Pejcinovic after their recent scoring run.