The RB Leipzig man brought his club
form to the national team shirt in his side's Confederations Cup win over the
Indomitable Lions
Julian Draxler hopes Timo Werner can prove himself
to be the future of the Germany attack after the RB Leipzig striker got up and
running at international level with a double in the 3-1 win over Cameroon
in Sochi.
Joachim Low's side sealed top spot in Group B after
Kerem Demirbay opened the scoring, although they were aided by Cameroon
defender Ernest Mabouka being sent off for a high lunge on Emre Can amid VAR
confusion. Werner, who netted 21 goals for the Bundesliga's surprise package
last season, pounced ruthlessly either side of Vincent Aboubakar netting a
consolation for the Indomitable Lions and Draxler was suitably impressed.
"He's really young, he had a great season in
Bundesliga and you can see that his future looks really good," said the
Paris Saint-Germain star, who is captaining Germany at this tournament.
"He is strong already, we get the benefit of
that."
Germany's failure to find a consistent successor to
Miroslav Klose as their attacking spearhead is one of the few minus points in a
richly successful era.
Long-serving head coach Low brought up his 100th
victory in charge of Die Mannschaft on Sunday and, after
Werner's first start of the tournament, he feels the 21-year-old will be of
even greater use to Germany once his team-mates are able to fully tune in to
his penetrating runs.
"Werner put in a lot of leg work and our attacks did not
use him [in the first half], he wasn't able to shoot on target," Low told
a post-match news conference.
"But
in the second half he was more present in the box and showed his killer
instinct with two nice goals.
"He
worked a lot and deserved to score twice, I'm happy for him that it worked out
this way."
Hoffenheim midfielder Demirbay also opened his
account for Germany on his first start with a magnificent goal three minutes
into the second half.
The 23-year-old lashed into the top corner from the
edge of the box with his weaker right foot after Draxler found him with a deft
drag-back and backheel – an understanding that was forged during their time
together in Schalke's youth academy.
"I've known Kerem for a long time, I know how
he likes to play," Draxler added. "I think you could see that on the
pitch today.
" congratulate him for first goal for Germany
and he really deserved it."
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