England and Germany put on a show at Wembley – SO FOOT

A poignant God Save the King in a Wembley which had put on its best costume a few weeks after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, six goals, penalties, the use of VAR, perfect coaching, and a Harry Maguire still as much next to its pumps: this England-Germany which was not attractive on paper gave a smile to the 85,000 spectators. England 3-3 Germany Goals: Shaw (72nd), Mount (75th) and Kane (83rd) for the Three Lions // Gündoğan (52nd) and Havertz (67th and 87th) for the MannschaftIn case some doubted: no, a meeting without the slightest stake does not systematically offer a purge. And to be sure that no one asks the question again in the future, England and Germany have taken care to serve up a real spectacle for the 85,000 supporters present in the bays of Wembley for the meeting this Monday evening, counting for the final day of the group stage of the League of Nations (3-3). Semi-finalists of the 2018 World Cup and finalists of Euro 2020, the Three Lions suffered severe disappointment a few weeks before the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by being relegated to League B a few days ago after their defeat against Italy (0-1). Opposite, the Mannschaft had also said goodbye to its hopes of participating in the Final 4 by losing last Friday to general surprise on its ground against Hungary (0-1). In short, the two had little to gain, except perhaps their respective honor. Something to shake the scoreboard.
A nap in the first half
A fine intervention by Marc-André ter Stegen against Raheem Sterling at the conclusion of an English counter-attack (24th), an attempt by Kane out of frame at the fall of the corner following this opportunity (25th), the exit on injury of John Stones (37th) replaced by Kyle Walker, and a timid reaction from the visitors with a low shot from Joshua Kimmich directly out of goal at the very end (44th), here is, in summary, what to remember from the first period. Finally, the most significant moment of this first part was surely the shivering God Save the King in a crowded Wembley, obviously paying a last tribute to Queen Elizabeth II who died on September 8. The God Save the King resounds at Wembley before the England-Germany match! Live: https://t.co/oA7tjzD8QK #ENGGER #lequipeFOOT pic.twitter.com/F25ZK5KLTO— L’ÉQUIPE (@lequipe) September 26, 2022 Germany-Maguire 2, England 3
Upon returning from the locker room, the cameras have long been trained on Harry Maguire. And not for the right reasons. Still. Clumsy on a raise from his own surface, the one who struggles to find a starting place at Manchester United with the arrival with great fanfare of Lisandro Martinez then completely misses his intervention on Jamal Musiala. With the help of the video, Germany obtains a penalty, converted by İlkay Gündoğan (0-1, 52nd). In great difficulty on Monday evening, Maguire lost an extremely important ball in midfield a few minutes later, and saw Timo Werner and Kai Havertz perfectly rush into this breach to score the second goal of the game, with a good combination ( 0-2, 67th). Realistically, the Germans then found the net on their only two shots on target in the game. For their part, Gareth Southgate’s men had to rely on their replacements to manage to be dangerous. With a fine counter-attack orchestrated by Bukayo Saka, Reece James found Luke Shaw in the area, who reduced the gap (1-2, 72nd). A few minutes later, the Gunners’ will-o’-the-wisp serves Mason Mount, also entered along the way, who finds the net with a shot from the edge of the area (2-2, 75th). England, which had therefore not scored in the game since the start of this League of Nations and 520 minutes, ended this scarcity by scoring twice in three minutes. The purge becomes a festival, and the sleeping supporters wake up, until it explodes moments later after Harry Kane gives the advantage to the locals following a penalty and a foul by Schlotterbeck on Bellingham (3-2 , 82nd). The visitors finally come back up to the English following a gross error from Nick Pope and a double from Havertz (3-3, 87th). End of story on this prolific score. If they haven’t shown anything in recent months, the two selections have the merit of leaving this competition by offering a nice show.

Incredible scenario at Wembley! In ten minutes, England went from 0-2 to 3-2 after a penalty perfectly converted by Harry Kane! Live: https://t.co/oA7tjzD8QK #ENGGER #lequipeFOOT pic.twitter.com/YYye5aNSlL— L TEAM (@lequipe) September 26, 2022
England (3-4-3): Pope – Stones (Walker, 37th), Maguire, Dier – James, Rice, Bellingham (Henderson, 90th+1), Shaw – Foden (Saka, 66th), Kane, Sterling (Mount, 66th). Coach: Gareth Southgate. Germany (4-2-3-1): Ter Stegen – Kehrer, Sule, Schlotterbeck, Raum (Gosens, 68th) – Gündoğan, Kimmich – Hofmann (Werner, 46th), Musiala (Müller, 79th), Sané (Gnabry, 68th ) – Havertz (Bella-Kotchap, 90th). Trainer: Joachim Löw.By Matthieu Darbas