Friendly: England beat "3 stars" Bosnia, host Germany makes audience's heart skip a beat

Hosting Bosnia & Herzegovina in one of the last two friendly matches before participating in EURO 2024, coach Gareth Southgate, with the intention of testing personnel, put on the field an extremely strange starting lineup.

Names like Lewis Dunk, Marc Guehi, Ezri Konsa, Conor Gallagher, Cole Palmer, Jarrod Bowen and Ollie Watkins may be playing together for the first time in an England shirt.

Tuyển Anh thắng — Jarrod Bowen and Conor Gallagher face difficulties against Bosnia&Herzegovina

It was no surprise that with this line-up, England played quite erratically, and could not even impose their style of play against Bosnia & Herzegovina. The home team's stalemate continued until the beginning of the second half and everything seemed to turn around after the away team's centre-back Tahirovic pulled down Ezri Konsa in the penalty area in the 60th minute.

On the 11-meter mark, Cole Palmer scored the opening goal for the "Three Lions" and after this situation, coach Gareth Southgate made a series of substitutions. Harry Kane, Jack Grealish, James Maddison... were brought onto the field one after another and England's attacking power was clearly improved.

In just the last few minutes from 85 to 89, Alexander-Arnold and Harry Kane took turns scoring, sealing a 3-0 victory for the home team England.

In four days, England will return to London to face Iceland in their final friendly before entering the EURO 2024 finals campaign.

Not enjoying the joy of victory like England, the German team hosted Ukraine in a friendly match at the Max Morlock Stadium in Nuremberg with many worries. Coach Julian Nagelsmann almost fielded the strongest squad he had prepared for EURO 2024, in which the trio of Wirtz, Musiala, and Havertz played together in attack.

Against a mid-level team like Ukraine, "Die Mannschaft" created an overwhelming game but could not penetrate the opponent's dense defense system. The deadlock in the German team's playing style made the audience bored.

Unable to score, Germany almost lost the match when Manuel Neuer's net shook in the 88th minute after some defensive errors. Luckily, the Ukrainian players were offside before receiving the ball so the goal was not recognized.