Podolski Nets Winning Goal in Last Game for Germany

England football fans have been frowned upon for their use of distasteful chants during their team’s worldwide friendly with Germany.

The 31-year-old hammered an unstoppable 25-yard strike past England goalkeeper Joe Hart in the 69th minute at Signal Iduna Park.

The Galatasaray star revealed that Hart told him after the goal: ‘It was a f*****g brilliant shot – awesome!

Former Arsenal striker Podolski, who was playing in his 130th and final match for Germany, said: ‘They have a good team and manager and they play a different style to before.

“God or whoever gave me a left foot and it has served me well over the years”.

Podolski was handed a farewell game to mark the end of a career spanning 13 years that saw him claim 49 goals against England on Wednesday – a game in which he fittingly scored the victor.

Meanwhile, Scotland were held to a 1-1 home draw against Canada as Gordon Strachan’s struggling side warmed up for this weekend’s World Cup qualifier against Slovenia with another frustrating display.

“I played in a game in Portugal where Luis Figo had a similar thing, but you can’t always predict when the end is coming for people”. “That makes me very proud”.

There were positive signs for the Euro 2016 flops, however, as they dominated the Germans for long periods and wasted numerous chances through the likes of Dele Alli and Adam Lallana.

“Most pleasing of all is the new tactical system we tried, the players carried it out very well and it suited the players we had”. “At the last one people were hoping, but I think now we’d be going to Russian Federation thinking we can’t win”.

The formation, as a whole, seemed to work well against Germany, so it’s likely that Southgate will deploy the same 3-4-3 system on Sunday against Lithuania, perhaps with a few personnel changes to the starting eleven.

“Hopefully that’s part of the identity moving forward and we continue to play with that energy”.

“Obviously our travelling support in terms of number and the way they back the team is brilliant”.

“The goal was typically “Poldi”, but special players deserve a special farewell like this, which was great for him”, said Loew.

“Sometimes we’ve looked ponderous in the past, with good possession but a feeling of, “where are we going”?”

Now, goal music might be debated until the cows come home by some fans, but substitution music is certainly a new one for us.