England lost two games in a row at Wembley for the first time in years thanks a 39th minute header by Arsenal and Germany defender Per Mertesacker after a defensive mix-up at a set piece by Manchester United’s Chris Smalling and Tom Cleverley. Defeat will have been hard to swallow for the second game on […]
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Hart keeps place in England squad
Manchester City’s Joe Hart has retained his place in Roy Hodgson’s latest England squad to play friendlies against Chile and Germany later this month. The England goalkeeper, rested by City manager Manuel Pellegrini for games against Norwich City and CSKA Moscow, is expected to be rested for games that might see Fraser Forster and John […]
England fix World Cup friendly dates
England will play Chile and Germany at Wembley on November 15 and 19 respectively as part of their World Cup 2014 preparations. Roy Hodgson’s team finished top of their group to qualify for the finals by beating Poland and will celebrate by facing two fellow finalists in Chile and Germany. They will follow this up […]
Balotelli’s double strike stuns Germany and sends Italy into the final of Euro 2012
GERMANY 1, ITALY 2 A first half double from Mario Balotelli stunned an expectant Germany and sent Italy into the final of Euro 2012 despite a second half fightback and what turned out to be an added time consolation penalty converted by Mesut Ozil. The Germans have now failed to beat Italy in eight attempts […]
Germany Semi waiting for England or Italy
Germany booked their place in the Euro 2012 Semis with a comfortable 4-2 win over Greece despite being pegged back to 1-1 early in the second half after former Manchester City striker Giorgios Samaras levelled the game. German coach Joachim Loew saw fit to rest several players in the expectation that the Greeks would be […]