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International Football: Germany 1-2 England

by agdobson | November 19, 2008 at 04:58 pm

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Always a cause for celebration, the dark days of McClaren over, England finding new confidence under Fabio Capello and a deserved win over Germany at the Olympic Stadium. Capello put out a young side, Upson scoring the first on 24, and Germany levelled it with a goal from Helmes, but England pressed forward and John Terry found the winner from a Downing's free kick in the 84th minute. Promising stuff.

Captain John Terry scored a late winner to earn England a fully-deserved friendly win over Germany in Berlin.

Terry headed in Stewart Downing's free-kick after earlier being involved in a defensive mix-up with Scott Carson that handed Germany an equaliser.

The pair failed to deal with a hopeful ball forward and German substitute Patrick Helmes pounced to score.

Matthew Upson had put a dominant England ahead when he poked home a corner from the impressive Downing.

The win made it five in a row for Fabio Capello's side on a night where almost everything went right for the England coach.

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Jon Azpiri

at 09:37 on November 20th, 2008

My favorite headline from the England-Germany match: Did a ghost dog have John Terry barking up the wrong tree?

agdobson

at 10:05 on November 20th, 2008

Talking of football headlines, the best ever from The Sun, when Inverness Caledonian Thistle knocked Celtic out of the cup.

Super Caley Go Ballistic Celtic Are Atrocious

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Jon Azpiri

at 15:35 on November 23rd, 2008

That truly is an awesome headline, although I had to read it out loud to fully appreciate it. To me, this is truly the greatest football headline ever.