Germany and England's friendly on Wednesday evening was one of the most unremarkable games of football in recent memory. But a contest that was in general been dire beyond belief was lit up by a goal from Lukas Podolski on his 130th and final international appearance, wearing the captain's armband in front of his home crowd at Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park.
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Podolski has always played his best football for his country so in a way it was fitting that he should end his international career with a cracker from 30 yards that eventually proved to be the winner as Germany won 1-0.
