International Friendly

FT Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Australia WLWWW 2
–
Germany WLDWW 2
1st2ndT
AUS112
GER112
Fritz-Walter-Stadion · 47,106 att.

Match Report

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Lukas Podolski denies Australia with late Germany goal in friendly

World champions Germany were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Asian Cup winners Australia with Lukas Podolski saving Joachim Low's men from an embarrassing home defeat.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
10
8
Saves
2
40.3
Possession
59.7
11
SHOTS
20
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
308
Accurate Passes
505
408
Passes
606
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
18
0.4
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
67
28
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
26
23
Tackles
32
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
30
Effective Clearances
8
30
Clearances
8

Head to Head

GER leads series 2-1

Lineups

GER · 3-5-2

  1. 12Ron-Robert ZielerG
  2. 4Benedikt HöwedesCD
  3. 14Holger BadstuberCD-L
  4. 2Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  5. 21Ilkay GündoganCM-L
  6. 8Mesut ÖzilCM-R
  7. 6Sami KhediraAM
  8. 3Jonas HectorLM
  9. 16Karim BellarabiRM
  10. 11Marco ReusCF-L
  11. 19Mario GötzeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Roman WeidenfellerSUB
  2. 7Bastian SchweinsteigerSUB
  3. 18Toni KroosSUB
  4. 20Christoph KramerSUB
  5. 17Jérôme BoatengSUB
  6. 15Sebastian RudySUB
  7. 9André SchürrleSUB
  8. 23Max KruseSUB
  9. 13Thomas MüllerSUB
  10. 5Mats HummelsSUB
  11. 10Lukas PodolskiSUB

AUS · 4-3-3

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 24Luke DeVereCD-L
  3. 22Alex WilkinsonCD-R
  4. 3Jason DavidsonLB
  5. 2Ivan FranjicRB
  6. 15Mile JedinakCM
  7. 17Matt McKayLM
  8. 5Mark MilliganRM
  9. 7Mathew LeckieF
  10. 14James TroisiLF
  11. 16Nathan BurnsRF

Substitutes

  1. 25Christopher IkonomidisSUB
  2. Massimo LuongoSUB
  3. Mitch LangerakSUB
  4. Trent SainsburySUB
  5. 8Aaron MooySUB
  6. 19Tarek ElrichSUB
  7. 18Adam FedericiSUB
  8. 6Bailey WrightSUB
  9. 10Oliver BozanicSUB
  10. 13Aziz BehichSUB
  11. 9Tomi JuricSUB
  12. 11Tommy OarSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Marco Reus (Germany) Goal at 17'
  2. 40' James Troisi (Australia) Goal at 40'
  3. 45' Sebastian Rudy (Germany) Substitution at 45'
  4. 50' Mile Jedinak (Australia) Goal - Free-kick at 50'
  5. 61' Tommy Oar (Australia) Substitution at 61'
  6. 63' Cristoph Kramer (Germany) Substitution at 64'
  7. 64' André Schürrle (Germany) Substitution at 63'
  8. 69' Aaron Mooy (Australia) Substitution at 69'
  9. 73' Lukas Podolski (Germany) Substitution at 73'
  10. 73' Max Kruse (Germany) Substitution at 73'
  11. 77' Oliver Bozanic (Australia) Substitution at 77'
  12. 78' Bailey Wright (Australia) Substitution at 78'
  13. 81' Lukas Podolski (Germany) Goal at 81'
  14. 87' Tomislav Juric (Australia) Substitution at 87'

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