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England won 3-0 against the United States on Thursday in Wayne Rooney's 120th and final game. Germany, which plays Monday against Holland in the League of Nations, also won an exhibition victory.
In England against the United States, the halftime score was 2-0. Jesse Lingard opened the scoring in the 26th minute with a nice shot and Trent Alexander-Arnold was also accurate about a minute later. Beginner Callum Wilson determined the final score. Rooney, 33, fell in the 58th minute and was still close to a goal.
Before the Wembley match, there was a lot to do to say goodbye to Rooney. There were critics on the idea of national coach Gareth Southgate to award a farewell game to the top scorer of all time.
Several former British players, including the international record Peter Shilton, believe that the FA distributes the caps in this way. fears that the match is not a serious test for the "Three Lions".
The match with the United States meant for England the preparation of the League of Nations match against Croatia on Sunday. The Croatians on Thursday were too strong 3 to 3 for Spain, which means that England had to win to qualify for the semi-finals.
The most beautiful images of Rooney's farewell
Easy evening for Germany
Germany knew the Red The Bull Arena in Leipzig is a good start to the match for the match of the League of Nations with Orange. The team of national coach Joachim Löw won the game without a 3-0 clash with Russia.
Halfway to "Mannschaft", the final score was already achieved by the goals of Leroy Sané, Niklas Süle and Serge Gnabry. among the Germans prefer young players. The average age of the core team was 23.9 years. Germany has not started in such a youthful composition since the 2017 Confederations Cup.
Germany and the Netherlands face each other Monday at 20:45 in Gelsenkirchen. If De Kuip's Orange team does not win against France on Friday, the match on German territory will prevent Division A. from playing.
See the results, classification and program of the League of Nations
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