England 1 - 2 Germany

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England Surrender to Germany


Frank Lampard opened the score for England after only nine minutes. Some booing at the start, suggested he was not the most popular player on the pitch, but he soon silenced his critics. He received the ball from Micah Richards, who is proving to be a revelation, both for Manchester City, and the national squad. Lamps did not mess about, and struck the ball home fiercely from about 12 yards, to net his first international goal for twelve months.


England had started well, and soon gave the 90,000 crowd something to cheer about. However, it was short lived, as the lead was weakly conceded in the 26th minute, when Germany equalised.


Paul Robinson made a good save to deny Hitzlsperger, but when the ball spun to Bernd Schneider, he had got himself into a hopeless position. He tried to back pedal, but could only fumble the ball to Kuranyl, who gratefully accepted the gift, and slid it home. Robinson must have hoped that the ground would open and swallow him up, as did almost everybody else in the stadium!


Beckham was causing trouble with the accurate passes that are his forte, from which Smith and Lampard had chances, but they failed to add to the score. Then after 40 minutes Germany went ahead, when Pander beat Robinson. Owen went close to equalising for the home side, but although he seems to have recovered from recent injuries, he may not yet be 100% match fit.


James, predictably replaced Robinson after the interval. Dyer and Crouch replaced Owen and Smith, and Carrick gave way to Gareth Barry. All the substitutes were in vain though, and a relatively weak German side took the honours. Of course it was only a friendly, so it didn't count so much as denting England's pride!


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