By Peter O'Rourke Last updated: 23rd August 2007
Germany coach Joachim Low was delighted with his side after their 2-1 win over England.
Goals from Kevin Kuranyi and Christian Pander were enough to give Germany a morale-boosting victory over their old foes.
The result means Germany were the last team to win at the old Wembley and the first to record a victory at the new Wembley and Low singled out Pander for special praise following his stunning winner.
"We decided to play Kevin Kuranyi as a lone striker and he was supported by excellent skills and intelligent players. Let me also single out Christian Pander.
"He had a very good performance and scored a lovely goal. For the first 20 minutes we showed too much respect to England, but the equaliser was a big help and we started to play with much more courage and in the end we dominated the game.
"We had little time to practise and train and playing at the new Wembley in front of 90,000 people we were a bit intimidated. But when we scored the equaliser my players said 'hey, we can score goals here'."
"The World Cup should have shown that we can win against the giants of football and we can hold our own against Europe's strong teams," added Low. Winning here is nice but what is really important is the next game and to qualify against Wales.
"Ballack will definitely be back for that. Winning here is a great experience but it is still a friendly. What really counts are the qualifiers.
"But I was pleased we avoided the stupid, unnecessary fouls. The players implemented that in exemplary fashion."
| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Saturday 6th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 12:45 | Fulham vs Man City |
| 15:00 | Arsenal vs Wigan |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Liverpool |
| 15:00 | Bolton vs Chelsea |
| 15:00 | Hull vs Middlesbrough |
| 15:00 | Newcastle vs Stoke |
| 17:30 | Man Utd vs Sunderland |
| Sunday 7th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | West Brom vs Portsmouth |
| 16:00 | Everton vs Aston Villa |
| Monday 8th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 20:00 | West Ham vs Tottenham |
| Saturday 13th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 12:45 | Middlesbrough vs Arsenal |
| 15:00 | Aston Villa vs Bolton |
| 15:00 | Liverpool vs Hull |
| 15:00 | Man City vs Everton |
| 15:00 | Stoke vs Fulham |
| 15:00 | Sunderland vs West Brom |
| 15:00 | Wigan vs Blackburn |
| 17:30 | Tottenham vs Man Utd |
| Sunday 14th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 13:30 | Portsmouth vs Newcastle |
| 16:00 | Chelsea vs West Ham |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Monday 1st December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Liverpool 0 - 0 West Ham | |
| Sunday 30th November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man City 0 - 1 Man Utd | |
| Portsmouth 3 - 2 Blackburn | |
| Tottenham 0 - 1 Everton | |
| Chelsea 1 - 2 Arsenal | |
| Saturday 29th November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Sunderland 1 - 4 Bolton | |
| Aston Villa 0 - 0 Fulham | |
| Wigan 2 - 1 West Brom | |
| Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Newcastle | |
| Stoke 1 - 1 Hull | |
| Monday 24th November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Wigan 1 - 0 Everton | |
| Sunday 23rd November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Tottenham 1 - 0 Blackburn | |
| Sunderland 0 - 1 West Ham | |
| Saturday 22nd November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man City 3 - 0 Arsenal | |
| Portsmouth 2 - 2 Hull | |
| Chelsea 0 - 0 Newcastle | |
| Stoke 1 - 0 West Brom | |
| Aston Villa 0 - 0 Man Utd | |
| Liverpool 0 - 0 Fulham | |
| Middlesbrough 1 - 3 Bolton | |
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