This win in Munich, of course, led to expectations ahead of the World Cup skyrocketing. It’s also one of just two home qualification defeats they’ve suffered since 1985, the other was against North Macedonia in March of this year.Įngland would go onto top the qualifying group, thanks to David Beckham’s famous free-kick against Greece, with Germany dropping into the play-off where they’d hammer Ukraine. That is the only time since a 6-3 England victory in 1938 that Germany have conceded 5+ on home soil. Owen then scored twice more in 18 minutes after the interval to complete his hat-trick before his strike-partner, Emile Heskey, secured a famous 5-1 victory at Olympiastadion. Michael Owen equalised, following a scramble at a corner, before Steven Gerrard fired the visitors in front from long-range in first half stoppage time. However, it was the hosts who made the perfect start when Carsten Jancker pocked the ball past David Seaman but, what followed would go down in England folk-law. Not only were the Three Lions desperate to inflict revenge on their old enemies, they needed to win in Munich to get back into contention. This was the last game ever played at the old Wembley but Didi Hamann scored the only goal in a 1-0 away win which prompted Kevin Keegan to resign at full time.īy the time the two met again, 11 months later, England had a first foreign manager in charge: Sven-Göran Eriksson. Just four months after their clash at the Euros, the two met again in World Cup Qualifying.

This led to a complete rethink and overhaul in Germany, known as Das Reboot. This clash from September 2001 is the only one on the list that did not take place at a major finals but, from an English perspective at least, it’s still a memorable occasion.ĭespite both finishing the 20th century brightly, the start of a new millennium hadn’t gone to plan for either nation.īoth crashed out of Euro 2000 at the group stages, Germany with one point and England with just one win which came against the Germans in Charleroi.

Brazil vs england 2002