GERMANY - ENGLAND MATCH PRESS KIT Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Monday 29 June 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 Local Time) Matchday 5 - Final
GERMANY - ENGLAND MATCH PRESS KIT Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Monday 29 June 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Matchday 5 - Final Contents 1 - Match background 6 - Head coach 2 - Team facts 7 - Competition facts 3 - Squad list 8 - Competition information 4 - Group statistics 9 - Tournament schedule 5 - Match officials 10 - Legend Match background Almost three decades after meeting in the final, and seven days after they drew 1-1 in the third round of matches in Group B, England and Germany will cross paths again at the Malmö New Stadium on Monday to contest the destination of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship trophy. • It was honours even at Örjans vall in Halmstad on 22 June as an England side boasting ten personnel changes from their previous encounter earned a draw through Jack Rodwell, the Everton FC man cancelling out Gonzalo Castro's fifth-minute opener by heading in Craig Gardner's inswinging corner after half an hour. England had already reached the last four courtesy of wins over Finland (2-1) and Spain (2-0) and a point was good enough to keep them top of the section, while Germany finished second having previously drawn with Spain (0-0) and defeated the Finns (2-0). • The lineups for the group game between the sides were: Germany: Manuel Neuer, Andreas Beck, Benedikt Höwedes, Jerome Boateng, Patrick Ebert (Dennis Aogo 85), Sami Khedira, Ashkan Dejagah, Mesut Özil, Änis Ben-Hatira (Marko Marin 68), Gonzalo Castro, Marcel Schmelzer. England: Scott Loach (Joe Lewis 46), Andrew Taylor, Richard Stearman, Craig Gardner, Adam Johnson, Jack Rodwell, James Tomkins, Michael Mancienne, Andrew Driver (Kieran Gibbs 71), Fraizer Campbell (Theo Walcott 58), Danny Rose.
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