|
Rank |
FIFA (25th
August 2022) 5th
EFO ranking
Group One (4th)
ELO rating 12th |
Colours |
The Nike 2022 away uniform -
Challenge red jerseys
with navy blue winged collars(with
turquoise trim)/cuffs, challenge red shorts,
challenge red socks with navy blue tops. |
Captain |
Harry Kane |
Manager |
Gareth Southgate, 52 (3 September 1970), appointed caretaker manager on 27 September 2016, appointed as permanent manager on 30 November
2016. |
⁴³
most goals as captain |
fiftieth of 73, W 29 - D 11 - L 10 - F 111 - A 43. |
P 76th of 102, W 46 - D
17 - L 13 - F 161 - A 53 |
England
Lineup |
|
two changes to the previous match (Walker & Saka out,
Stones & Shaw in) |
league position (15th September) |
|
1 |
Pope, Nicholas D. |
30 170 days |
19 April 1992 |
G |
Newcastle United FC
(PL 11th) |
10 |
5ᵍᵃ |
|
the 34th goalkeeper to face a
penalty-kick |
final app
2017-22 |
4 |
Stones, John,
injured off 37th min. (36.25) |
28 121 days |
28 May 1994 |
RD |
Manchester City FC
(PL 2nd) |
59 |
3 |
5 |
Dier, Eric J.E. |
28 254 days |
15 January 1994 |
CD |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(PL 3rd) |
47 |
3 |
6 |
Maguire, J. Harry |
29 205 days |
5 March 1993 |
LD |
Manchester United FC
(PL 5th) |
48 |
7 |
2
|
James, Reece
T. |
22 292 days |
8 December 1999 |
RWB |
Chelsea FC
(PL 6th) |
15 |
0 |
7 |
Rice, Declan |
23 255 days |
14 January 1999 |
LDM |
West Ham United FC
(PL 18th) |
34 |
2 |
8
|
Bellingham, Jude V.W.,
off 90th +1 min. |
19 89 days |
29 June 2003 |
RDM |
Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund,
Germany |
17 |
0 |
3
|
Shaw, Luke P.H. |
27 76 days |
12 July 1995 |
LWB |
Manchester United FC
(PL 5th) |
23 |
3 |
9 |
Kane, Harry E. |
29 60 days |
28 July 1993 |
CF |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(PL 3rd) |
75 |
51
¹⁶ |
|
the 102nd
penalty-kick scored
(139) |
the 25th player to reach the 75-app
milestone |
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
Sterling, Raheem S.,
off 66th min. |
27 292 days |
8 December 1994
in Kingston, Jamaica |
LF |
Chelsea FC
(PL 6th) |
79 |
19 |
11 |
Foden, Philip W.,
off 66th min. |
22 121 days |
28 May 2000 |
RF |
Manchester City FC
(PL 2nd) |
18 |
2 |
England
Substitutes |
15 |
Walker, Kyle
A., on 37th min.
(36:53) for Stones |
32 121 days |
28 May 1990 |
RD |
Manchester City FC
(PL 2nd) |
70 |
63 |
0 |
7 |
the 29th player to reach the 70-app
milestone |
scoreline:
England 0
Germany 1 |
18
|
Saka, Bukayo A.T., on 66th min.
(65:01) for Foden |
21 21 days |
5 September 2001 |
RF |
Arsenal FC
(PL TOP) |
20 |
13 |
3 |
7 |
193rd player to reach the 20-app milestone |
17 |
Mount, Mason T., on 66th min.
(65:05) for Sterling |
23 259 days |
10 January 1999 |
LF |
Chelsea FC
(PL 6th) |
32
|
22 |
5
|
10 |
|
|
101st goal by a substitute |
scoreline:
England 3
Germany 3 |
14 |
Henderson, Jordan B.,
on 90th+1 min. (90:30) for
Bellingham |
32 101 days |
17 June 1990 |
DM |
Liverpool FC
(PL 7th) |
70 |
46 |
2 |
24 |
the thirtieth player to reach the 70-app
milestone |
result:
England 3 Germany 3 |
unused
substitutes: |
12-Kieran Trippier, 13-Aaron Ramsdale, 16-Conor Coady,
17-James Ward-Prowse, 20-Ivan Toney, 21-Ben Chilwell, 22-Dean Henderson,
23-Tammy Abraham. |
team notes: |
John Stones appeared to have pulled his hamstring when running across
the halfway line (34:28) after a
superb interception and began another attacking play. He went down
(34:39) and began to receive treatment
(34:53), before eventually walking off the pitch
(36:25). This is
England's highest scoring Nations League match, in this, their
eighteenth. Tottenham Hotspur have now provided the team captain
for 96 matches, one more than Wolverhampton Wanderers, but still two
less than Liverpool and 42 less than Manchester United. Nick Pope
becomes the 22nd goalkeeper to
have
achieved ten England appearances. He is alos the oldest goalkeeper
to face a penalty kick since David James (37) in March 2008. Mason Mount and Bukayo Saka
had been waiting on the touchline as replacements since
62:20. Luke Shaw's goal ended a run of 521 official minutes
(554 actual) since England scored from open-play. |
stadium notes: |
Germany have now
played at the new National Stadium five times, one more than any
other nation. |
records: |
Not since June-November 1958 have England not won six consecutive
competitive matches, equalling a record already set in 1925-27. Not since 1993 (also set in 1958, 1977 and 1981) have England not won
in six matches. The unwanted record is seven (1958). The
previous five
meetings between these two nations have all been scoreless at
halftime. Harry Kane becomes England's record goalscorer against
Germany with four goals. He has now scored against the Germans in
their last three meetings, and the last four that England have scored
a goal. In the 71st minute, Luke Shaw scored the
254th
England goal by a Manchester United player. Twelve minutes later,
Harry Kane scored the
254th
England goal by a Tottenham Hotspur player. Kai Havertz's
second goal is the twentieth goal England have conceded at a home
venue in the
month
of September. |
Manager Gareth Southgate first played for England against Germany in the
Euro 1996 semi-final. His shoot-out kick being saved. He was an unused
substitute for the match during Euro 2000. He did start in the
qualification match that was the last at the old Wembley Stadium, but
an unused substitute in the 5-1 victory in Munich. |
|
3-4-3 |
Pope - Stones (Walker), Dier, Maguire - James, Rice, Bellingham
(Henderson), Shaw
- Foden (Mount), Kane, Sterling
(Saka) |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
26 years
104 days |
Appearances/Goals |
38.6 |
7.9 |
|
|
Rank: |
FIFA (25th
August 2022) 11th
EFO ranking
Group 5
ELO rating
9th |
Colours |
Made by Adidas -
White crew-necked jerseys with black centre stripe/cuffs/adidas
shoulder stripes/underarm panel, black collar with gold trim, black shorts with white adidas
sidestripes, white socks with black adidas trim/calf
hoop. |
Captain |
Joseph Kimmich |
Manager |
Hans-Dieter Flick 57 (24 February 1965), appointed
25 May 2021, effective 1 August.
|
15th
match, W 9 - D 5 - L 1 -
F 45 - A 12. |
Germany Lineup |
22 |
ter Stegen, Marc-André |
30 149 days |
30 April 1992 |
GK |
FC Barcelona, Spain |
30 |
0 |
5 |
Kehrer, J. Thilo |
26 5 days |
21 September 1996 |
RB |
West Ham United FC, England |
22 |
0 |
|
83rd min. for an unknown reason, but given
after England's third goal celebrations |
|
|
15 |
Süle, Niklas |
27 23 days |
3 September 1995 |
RCD |
Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund |
42 |
1 |
23 |
Schlotterbeck, Nico |
22 299 days |
1 December 1999 |
LCD |
Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund |
5 |
0 |
|
82nd min. for a late tackle on Jude Bellingham on the edge of the area
PENALTY |
|
|
3 |
Raum, David, off 69th
min. |
24 157 days |
22 April 1998 |
LB |
RB Leipzig |
11 |
0 |
6 |
Kimmich, Joshua W. |
27 230 days |
8 February 1995 |
RDM |
FC Bayern
München |
70 |
5 |
21 |
Gündoğan, İlkay |
31 337 days |
24 October 1990 |
LDM |
Manchester City FC, England |
62 |
16 |
|
62nd
penalty against scored
(91st overall) |
18 |
Hofmann, Jonas, off
half-time. |
30 74 days |
14 July 1992 |
RM |
Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach |
16 |
4 |
14 |
Musiala, Jamal, off 79th
min. |
19 212 days |
26 February 2003 |
AM |
FC Bayern
München |
17 |
1 |
19 |
Sané, Leroy A., off
69th
min. |
26 258 days |
11 January 1996 |
LM |
FC Bayern
München |
47 |
11 |
7
|
Havertz, Kai L., off 90th+1
min. |
23 107 days |
11 June 1999 |
CF/AM |
Chelsea FC, England |
30 |
10 |
Germany
Substitutes |
9
|
Werner, Timo, on half-time for Hofmann |
26 204 days |
6 March 1996 |
CF |
RB Leipzig |
55 |
24 |
scoreline:
England 0 Germany 2 |
10
|
Gnabry, Sergio D., on 69th min.
(67:40) for Sané |
27 74 days |
14 July 1995 |
LM |
FC Bayern
München |
36 |
20 |
20 |
Gosens, Robin E., on 68th min.
(67:44) for Raum |
28 83 days |
5 July 1994 |
LB |
FC Internazionale Milano, Italy |
14 |
2 |
scoreline:
England 2 Germany 2 |
13 |
Müller, Thomas, on 79th min.
(78:12) for Musiala |
33 13 days |
13 September 1989 |
CM |
FC Bayern
München |
118 |
44 |
scoreline:
England 3 Germany
3 |
17 |
Bella-Kotchap, Armel, on 90th+1 min.
(90:01) for Havertz |
20 289 days |
11 December 2001 in
Paris, France |
CD |
Southampton FC, England |
1 |
0 |
result:
England 3 Germany 3 |
unused
substitutes: |
1-Oliver Baumann, 4-Matthias Ginter, 8-Max Arnold, 12-Kevin Trapp, 16-Benjamin Henrichs. |
team
notes: |
Germany, as a unified nation, had never taken a penalty-kick against
England, until now. Gündoğan becoming the 86th different
player to do so. Gündoğan is the oldest player since
Zinedine Zidane in Euro 2004 to score a penalty against England. |
|
4-2-3-1 |
ter Stegen - Kehrer, Süle, Schlotterbeck, Raum
(Gosens) -
Kimmich,
Gündoğan - Hofmann (Werner), Musiala (Müller), Sané
(Gnabry) - Havertz (Bella-Kotchap) |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
26 years
137 days |
Appearances/Goals |
32 |
4.1 |
|
The Wembley pitch looked stunning as the two teams and the crowd showed their faultless tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, it really was a memorable picture celebrating the life of a truly remarkable Monarch.
The match turned out to be a bit special too, although at half-time, all the doubts of recent games were still raising their ugly heads. It all started in a similar way to the Italy game, with Germany hustling England out of their stride, shutting them down at every opportunity. It was clear that Gareth Southgate had again opted for a defensive line-up, but also looking to break quickly when they had the chance. Germany had possession for much of the early stages, without creating too many problems for the England defence. Only England mistakes would gift the visitors their chances and once, when Nick Pope slipped, the goalkeeper was relieved to see a German shoot over the bar. That was followed by another dangerous error as John Stones almost sold Pope short with a backpass, but the keeper hacked that one away as a German forward pressed. At the other end Raheem Sterling was twice close to breaking through, but alas, both Harry Maguire and Harry Kane's passes failed to reach the Chelsea man.
Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice were working tirelessly to stem the possession of the Germans, and worryingly, the England defence was often at sixes and sevens, as the team tried to settle down to the job in hand. This they gradually did and on 25 minutes England should have been ahead. A fabulous pass from Luke Shaw gave Sterling a clear run at goal. When he shot goalkeeper, Marc-Andre der Stegan , saved well, when really he should have had no chance. A real let-off for the Germans and one wondered if England would regret that miss?
Two minutes later Kane tried a volley that whizzed past the far post with the keeper nowhere, and then after a spell of more German possession, Sterling had another fine chance which he again squandered. At times there were 9 England players defending, but they were still making chances at the other end, but just couldn't add the killer touch. Rice then broke from deep, but again the final pass has limited options and went astray. Meanwhile, Germany, with Ilkay Gundogan pulling the strings, were probing from side to side, trying to stretch England, who, it must be said, held them at bay well.
There was a blow for Stones in the 36th minute as he pulled up clutching his hamstring. Kyle Walker went on to replace him Two minutes later Sterling and Shaw combine to win a corner, but like many others in recent games, that was wasted. Do England actually practice taking corners? I do have my doubts. Just before the break Sterling had another fine chance, but shot straight at the keeper. The Chelsea striker could have had a first half hat-trick on another day. Right on half-time Joshua Kimmich fired in a powerful shot which whistled past Pope's right hand post, but apart from that England had kept Germany out quite well.
Wearing another hat, I am a Preston North End fan, and no goals for, and only the odd goal against, has been a feature of our season to date. All is well until a lapse of concentration, or a mistake, changes the picture. Deja vu perhaps?
Timo Werner came on for the Germans after the break but England are first to show. Once again Sterling shoots on target, but the shot is weak and the goalkeeper is down smartly to his left to save. That's four Sterling could have had. And just a minute later, that mistake, that was always going to happen, did. Maguire was the culprit, twice, sad to say, because up until then he had done well. First off, he tried a pass that was easily intercepted by Jamal Musiala. Musiala ran at Maguire and in the defender's attempt to stop him, he tripped him in the area. At first it seemed he had got away with it, but the VAR check confirmed what everyone in the stadium knew, it was a definite penalty. Gundogan despatched the spot-kick with the minimum of fuss, and those Sterling misses, suddenly took on a different meaning.
On 56 minutes, Reece James set up Bellingham for a shot, but the ball flew way over the bar. Straight away a clever flick by Phil Foden to James, and Bellingham was again presented with a shot at goal, again off target. In the next few minutes Werner missed two chances and another shot flew wide as Germany tried to press home their advantage. Eric Dier made a rare mistake that almost led to another goal, before another England corner was wasted, with Dier heading over. Southgate responded by sending on Bukayo Saka and Mason Mount for Foden and Sterling, but before either had time to settle, Germany added a second goal. The unfortunate Maguire was again at centre stage, losing possession in the German half, and then watching in horror as Werner set up Kai Havertz to cut inside and curl a terrific shot in off the far post, giving Pope no chance. Havertz had so much time and space to pick his spot. And that seemed to be that...or did it?
England started to hit back with first Bellingham shooting straight at the keeper, and then James crossed from the right on 72 minutes, across that eluded everyone and found Shaw coming in from the left. His shot squirmed in off the keeper and over the line, despite a last ditch clearance. Confirmation came after another VAR check. Could this be a lifeline at last? Sure enough it certainly could, as just three minutes later the two substitutes combined for an equaliser. Rice, to James and on to Saka, who burst through the German defence, and his pass to Mount was met with a first time shot which no goalkeeper would have saved. It was not to end there, though. Bellingham went down just inside the area as the attack continued with Kane going oh so close to scoring. Bellingham was hurt, but felt much better after yet another VAR check found that he had had his leg taken from under him, penalty! Up stepped the skipper, to allay all fears of any nerves with a superb spot-kick taken with aplomb!
Just as the fans and players were about to hail an amazing victory, and the fat lady was about to sing, there was one more twist, and mistake, in the story. Sergio Gnabry was not closed down at all and was able to fire in a shot at Pope. An easy save for a goalkeeper of his class? Sadly not, as he allowed the ball to bounce away from him, and Havertz was in like a whippet to shoot home the rebound. AARGH!!! Why do we love football so much? Even then, Saka had yet another chance to win it for England, but the keeper saved again. Still, plenty to write about and a 3-3 was a lot better than a 0-0 or 0-1, but oh, how we rued all those Sterling misses from earlier. So, a spirited performance to send us on our way to the World Cup, where who knows what might happen next?
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