England vs Germany live: score and latest updates from final match before 2022 World Cup

08:26 PM

37 mins: England 0 Germany 0

Kehrer looks to have an engine on him, here is motoring back to deny Luke Shaw, who had made a more than handy break down the left.

08:24 PM

34 mins: England 0 Germany 0

Raheem’s former City colleague John Stones, however, has bigger problems. He looks like he has done a hamstring. Limping off with the physio.

Kyle Walker the man who comes on.

08:23 PM

33 mins: England 0 Germany 0

Hofmann and Kehrer again combining well. Sterling looks a bit underpowered defensively.

08:20 PM

30 mins: England 0 Germany 0

Sam Wallace: “The crowd behind Nick Pope’s goal are singing about Harry Maguire in a complimentary fashion. He’s had a decent half so far.”

08:19 PM

29 mins: England 0 Germany 0

Rice, whom I like as a player and a chap, seems far from his best and sort of drives forward before carefully playing a through ball to…. nobody. No England player anywhere near that.

Kehrer, down the German right, got forward well just now and Sterling tugged him down by the shirt. Ref gave, or saw, nothing.

08:16 PM

27 mins: England 0 Germany 0

England terrier-like in midfield and Kane plays the ball through…. oh that’s a shocking touch from Sterling. Ball pinballs off him embarrassingly.

08:15 PM

26 mins: England 0 Germany 0

A good couple of minutes from the English, who have their opponents under pressure. Kane with a header. Half cleared, and Kane tries his luck with a speculative effort that floats not all that far wide. Trio of corners and England have the wind in their sails.

08:14 PM

24 mins: England 0 Germany 0

Wonderful raking ball from Shaw takes three Germans out of the game and Sterling is through! He’s got some company as he races at the goal and the defenders do just enough… keeper saves down low.

08:13 PM

23 mins: England 0 Germany 0

After a scrappy few second when neither side seems able to hold onto it, Kane nearly bundles through but he loses it in turn. The Germans break, Hofmann plays a nice cross in, Havertz nods it back into das dangerareaschen but there is no German striker to do the business. A Muller, a Klinsmann, even a Klose is slotting that away no probs.

08:08 PM

18 mins: England 0 Germany 0

Shaw with a dim-witted crossfield pass to a German opponent.

08:05 PM

16 mins: England 0 Germany 0

James has got the wrong side of his German opponent Raum and fouled him, giving the visitors a very handily placed freekick about five yards outside the D, on the left of the goal as the striker looks at it.

Battered into the wall by Sane.

The ref hadn’t spotted the foul, which was a sly one, and needed assistance from an eagle-eyed minion.

08:04 PM

14 mins: England 0 Germany 0

Maguire with some decent defending, but/and Germany have another corner. England deal with it well.

I’m not saying it’s England 1 Germany 0 in Charleroi in 2000, but neither of these sides playing like they belong at the very top table of international football right now.

08:01 PM

11 mins: England 0 Germany 0

Pope, who is no great shakes with the ball at his feet, takes a cement mixer of a touch and then has to hoof under pressure from the German forward line. It goes to Gundogan, who has a shot from the edge of the box. Not great from Pope.

07:59 PM

9 mins: England 0 Germany 0

As England break from that corner, Sterling tries to – and nearly does – find Foden.

07:57 PM

8 mins: England 0 Germany 0

Sterling fails to prevent his German man from getting a cross in, and remonstrates with colleagues for not helping out. Dier had to head it behind for a corner, which England clear just fine.

07:57 PM

7 mins: England 0 Germany 0

First moment of engagement for the crowd as Foden drives forward and lays it off to Kane, who floats a cross over that Foden and Sterling alike are nowhere near getting on.

Foden looked a bit short of confidence on that run, I thought. The pass he gave to Kane was neither one thing nor another.

07:55 PM

6 mins: England 0 Germany 0

A lot of huff and puff but no actual football or incident as of yet.

07:54 PM

5 mins: England 0 Germany 0

Here’s Sam Wallace.

07:51 PM

3 mins: England 0 Germany 0

England with some useful approach play as the get the ball out wide to Shaw, who is well advanced on the left. But Germany push them back.

07:50 PM

2 mins: England 0 Germany 0

Players seem quite up for it. Schlotterbeck flies into a hard tackle on Kane. No foul.

07:49 PM

1 mins: England 0 Germany 0

England pump a high ball forward. Harry Kane penalised for an arm up on Raum.

Here is Matt Law: “Harry Maguire’s name was both cheered and booed by the Wembley crowd when it was read out ahead of kick-off. He’ll probably be relieved the reaction was not worse.”

07:48 PM

Germany will kick off

England in that very peculiar kit of all red shirts, red shorts, and red shorts with black tops.

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07:47 PM

And now a minute’s silence

in memory of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

07:43 PM

God Save The King

is sung.

07:42 PM

One of the world’s great national anthems

Germany’s. Booed by a few morons as you’d expect but I’ve heard worse.

07:41 PM

The 34th time these sides have met

14 wins for the English. 15 the Germans. 5 draws.

M’colleague Matt Law writes from Wembley: “Bit of a 90s pre-match vibe at Wembley with World in Motion and Three Lions blasting out, along with lots of advertisements for the 90s-inspired new away shirt. England went into the Italia 90 World Cup with a manager under huge pressure, so maybe it won’t be so bad for Southgate in Qatar…”

07:37 PM

Reactions to Gareth’s team

Dan Zeqiri: “Think a back 3 works best with a converted full-back/hybrid player. Davies at Spurs, Azpilicueta at Chelsea, Tierney for Scot/AFC when in that system, Walker. Comfortable defending wide, can overlap, formation can change seamlessly. Three orthodox CBs can be rigid.”

Irvine Welsh: “You could swap jobs with Truss and Southgate and justifiably expect an improvement in both the UK and the England national team.”

Dave Bagman: “Nice of Southgate to give our reserves some match fitness. Top bloke.”

07:34 PM

Gareth Southgate

“We have got some good options on the left side. Luke is a super player. We thought coming into the side that Dier did really well. Kyle has been out with an injury so it makes sense to refresh that position.”

“We have got a big squad and four right backs with exceptional quality. We know Trent is a very good footballer.”

07:29 PM

Here is how Germany will line up

07:21 PM

Teams

England: Pope, James, Stones, Dier, Maguire, Shaw, Rice, Bellingham, Foden, Sterling, Kane. Subs: Trippier, Ramsdale, Henderson, Walker, Coady, Guehi, Saka, Mount, Toney, Chilwell, Henderson, Abraham.

Germany: ter Stegen, Kehrer, Sule, Schlotterbeck, Raum, Kimmich, Gundogan, Hofmann, Musiala, Sane, Havertz. Subs: Baumann, Ginter, Arnold, Werner, Gnabry, Trapp, Muller, Henrichs, Bella-Kotchap, Gosens.

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands).

07:17 PM

Gareth Southgate ITV pre-recorded interview

“All of the coaching team are doing a lot of soul-searching.

“This has been the best period in our football history. I am not sure people were complaining when we beat Germany at the Euros, or when we reached the semi-final.”

“It has turned really quickly. Just five matches really in terms of results. But that is this role, this job. It has been an unbelievable experience so far. I have been on the ropes in my career and I have been on the canvas and I’ve got up. I am 52. I am a big boy. Whatever happens, I have lived through before.”

“I am never going a game thinking we are going to do anything beyond play well and win. Anything beyond that is beyond my control.”

07:12 PM

Fans

07:09 PM

Gareth has made two changes

John Stones and Luke Shaw replace Walker and Saka

07:07 PM

Harry Kane

“We got into good positions but we lacked the final ball, the final finish. We keep our heads down and we keep working hard. Really excited for the game, we hope we can send people home happy. Germany are a top, top side so it will be a tough game.”

07:06 PM

England team

07:04 PM

Thomas Hitzlsperger

“Flick has done well since he came in from Bayern Munich. We have a concern up front, we do not have a world class number nine.”

07:04 PM

Joe Cole

“This country fell in love with this group of players and manager, and they can do again. A good performance here and we will go to Qatar with hope.”

07:02 PM

England have no win in five

Their last victory was in March over the Ivory Coast. You have to go back to the glory days of 1993 for the last time they went winless in six.

England have managed to score just ONE goal in their five Nations League games.

06:56 PM

Gareth with the most sensible possible mask configuration

06:50 PM

Just waiting for the match

and Gary Neville, no less, is on Channel 4 News talking about footballers speaking out about inequality, the country’s finances and why the government is removing the cap on bankers’ bonuses.

“The pound is tanking, probably lower than my reputation in Liverpool.

[On bankers bonus cap being removed] “There is a lack of connection to the real world. People are desperate, thinking how am I going to feed my family, heat the house. I feel as if you cannot see a doctor for two months, I cannot feel comfortable with that.”

Gary also says he is not becoming a Labour MP.

06:41 PM

Here’s Mike McGrath

06:32 PM

The German press

gave the Die Mannschaft a bit of a kicking.

“Gnabry and Raum are the new problem cases,” said Spiegel. “The difficult period for Germany’s Bayern players was clear to see. Gnabry is completely out of form. Almost no Germany player reached their normal level against Hungary.”

06:27 PM

The last time Germany lost before that

– and they don’t lose many – was in the Euros against England last summer. Sterling scored on 75 minutes and Kane on 86. Answer came there none from the Germans and England went through to the quarters.

06:24 PM

That’s Hansi Flick

the German coach.

He’s got a few tough questions to solve himself. The Germans were beaten by Hungary in Leipzig on Friday. They’ve got one more match before the World Cup, a friendly against Oman a week before the tournament.

06:12 PM

Perfectly chosen

05:59 PM

Nice pic

05:30 PM

God Save The King

will be sung before the match.

05:16 PM

One notable absentee tonight

will be Trent Alexander-Arnold, who has been left out of England’s matchday squad. Gareth said earlier that “everybody with us is fit, so no issues” so this has to be seen as an omission not a fitness matter. Interesting one, isn’t it? A quite brilliant player going forward, but it appears Southgate does not like the cut of his defensive jib.

Here’s Mike McGrath with the story.

And here is some analysis about it. ‘Trent Alexander-Arnold can be England’s Cafu – if they embrace attacking football’ – well that’s the opinion of Liverpool assistant Pep Lijnders, who obviously works with the player week in, week out.

“It is only my opinion but if you see the game in an attacking way, he gave that position such a creative boost over the last few years. True or not? Like Cafu did in the past,” said Lijnders.

“For me there are no limits and if you see the game in a certain way then, for sure (Alexander-Arnold will shine in Qatar). But you can see the game in many different ways.”

Really good read this from Chris Bascombe, our Liverpool expert, and worth your time.

And Sam Wallace, our chief football writer, has also identified the issues with TAA and England.

England must change tactics if they want Trent Alexander-Arnold to flourish

“Even the No 7 on his back on Saturday evening contributed to the uncertainty as to what Trent Alexander-Arnold truly is when it comes to this England team. Right-back, wing-back, or midfielder-in-waiting? Or is he just one of those very good English footballers with the misfortune to be the right man in the wrong era?

04:28 PM

Germany come to Wembley to play England

the same opponents and the scene, of course, of England’s greatest footballing triumph. I cannot promise you England 4 Germany 2 (Kane hat-trick), but there should be plenty of excitement. Firstly, this is England’s last match before the Qatar World Cup and thus the last chance for those on the fringes of the first team to make a firm case for inclusion, and also for Gareth Southgate to tinker with his formation and approach. Perhaps it’s also important for England to put on a decent show for their fans, many of whom are pretty unhappy with the way Gareth has been running things of late.

As to the Nations League, England are flat bottom of group A3 with just two points from their previous five fixtures. Germany are third on six points with Italy second on eight. Hungary, impressively, have managed 10 points from their five games and if they can get a point against the Azzurri they will make next year’s finals. Not a bad achievement. England, meanwhile, will be relegated from the A groups into the B groups.

So not great times for England right now, and one young man might be thinking that he has backed the right horse. Here is my colleague Mike McGrath with a piece about Jamal Musiala of Germany.

Jamal Musiala still receives text messages joking that he should be wearing the Three Lions of England rather than the shirt of Germany, whom he switched allegiances to after breaking in the first-team at Bayern Munich.

Musiala, 19, played on the pitches at St George’s Park as he came through the ranks at Chelsea but his move to Bayern – and getting spotted by Hansi Flick accidentally – made his decision to play for Die Mannschaft tough but relatively straightforward.

The teenager certainly has no regrets over the decision. He sat in the auditorium at Wembley ahead of facing his former country, insisting it was the famous stadium he dreamed of playing in, rather than the England shirt.

“It was definitely not an easy decision to make,” he said. “It was a decision I thought about for a long time and I think when it all comes together, with me, my family and everyone, it was a decision that I felt very comfortable with. I don’t look back on any regrets or anything. I made my decision and that’s that.

“Some of my friends message me here and there when they see me saying ‘I should have played for England’ and stuff. We joke around there but I think they’re still happy for my decision. I’m sure some England fans won’t be happy but I think that means I’m doing good if it upsets some people that I didn’t choose their country.”

Musiala’s friends from his England days include Jude Bellingham, who also moved to Germany to start his senior career. He is also in touch with Tino Livramento, who he knew from Chelsea and England’s youth teams.

“From my time with England in the youth level, they have amazing talents and I was playing with many of them as well – the Under 21s, 19s,” Musiala said. “There were many players who can have an amazing career and I think England’s youth system is very good for that, to build on these talents and make sure they get better.

“They have a lot of quality. I think we can say that this match is a perfect game for both of us because we both will need this game to go into the World Cup with confidence. Everyone’s a bit shocked with their results right now.”

Musiala has a picture of himself and Gareth Southgate from before he was playing with England. “Yeah, that was at my primary school in Corpus Christi. I saw him there, I had a picture. It’s not on me right now, but we took a picture together,” he said.

He was only brought to Flick’s attention in a training session at Bayern, before the coach eventually took charge of the national team. At the time, Flick thought he was just another of Bayern’s excellent young players but instantly saw he was a player ready for the first team.

“It is a bit of a funny story,” Flick said “My assistant at Bayern said we have a talent in the academy and I said okay then let’s have a look. We saw straight away he was a great talent and never looked back. It has been fantastic development and he has a great feeling on the pitch, that he can solve situations in a positive manager.”