📝 Brazil defeat England; Germany win in France; Ireland and Belgium draw | OneFootball

In the pick of today’s international friendlies, England took on Brazil at Wembley, France and Germany renewed rivalries while Ireland hosted Belgium.

Endrick the hero as England’s Wembley unbeaten run ends

Scorers: Endrick 80′

A late Endrick goal was the difference at Wembley as Dorival Júnior got off to the best start possible as Brazil manager against an unimpressive England side.

Phil Foden whipped a dangerous inswinging free-kick early on that beat everyone and just went around debutant Brazil keeper Bento’s post.

England had stand-in captain Kyle Walker to thank shortly after for keeping the game level. Vini Jr. got in behind the defence but his mishit shot was stopped just before the line by the Manchester City defender.

His club teammate Rodrygo then had another great chance to open the scoring but missed the target after some good work.

Walker was then substituted with a hamstring complaint after 19 minutes, replaced by Ezri Konsa for his senior debut.

The game was played at a very competitive rate, with England’s best bet for a goal seeming to be from dead balls, while Brazil were an ever-present danger on the counter.

Lucas Paquetá cracked the post when it seemed he was certain to score as the Seleção continued to put the England defence under pressure.

The second half was a much cagier affair with Gareth Southgate ringing the changes, bringing on Jarrod Bowen and Joe Gomez amongst others.

Shortly after, Kobbie Mainoo came on to make his England debut at just 18 and with less than 25 appearances for Manchester United.

The only player on the field younger than him, the 17-year-old Endrick, broke the deadlock in the 80th minute. Vini Jr. just about stayed onside and his shot rebounded off Jordan Pickford to his future Real Madrid colleague to tap into an empty net.

It was his first goal for his country, and made him the youngest player to ever score at Wembley.

England failed to muster much of a comeback and were left to accept their first home loss in 21 games.

Nagelsmann gets big win as Germany impress in France

Scorers: Wirtz 1′, Havertz 49′

Germany deservedly beat France 2-0 to give Julien Nagelsmann the perfect launchpad for this summer’s European Championships.

Amazingly, it took just seven seconds for them to take the lead. From the kick-off, the returning Toni Kroos got the ball to Florian Wirtz and the Bayer Leverkusen star gave Brice Samba no chance from 25 yards out to stun the home crowd.

It shocked the French, who struggled to get into their groove, not testing the German defence too much and not dictating the play like they usually do.

The second half started in similar fashion, albeit with Germany waiting four minutes before doubling their lead.

Wirtz lofted a ball all too easily over the French defence for Jamal Musiala to run onto. The Bayern Munich man had Samba scrambling and pulled the ball back for Kai Havertz to sweep home his 15th goal for his country.

The two-goal buffer allowed the visitors to slow down the pace and they were rather comfortable for large stretches of the game.

France really struggled to make any inroads, having just two shots on target as the game inched towards the end. Kylian Mbappé tried his hardest but cut a frustrated figure in the face of some excellent German defending.

The closest they came was when their skipper’s cross deflected off two German defenders onto the bar but, in truth, the result was not in doubt.

Germany will now look build on a huge win when they host their great rivals, the Netherlands, on Tuesday night in Frankfurt.

Ireland earn draw with Belgium but penalty miss will linger

An impressive Ireland held Belgium to a scoreless draw at the Aviva Stadium, but John O’Shea will be left ruing the big chances missed that denied him the dream start as interim manager.

Minutes in, Ireland could have opened the scoring when Evan Ferguson and debutant Sammie Szmodics combined to put Chiedozie Ogbene through on goal.

However, the Luton forward could only hit the side netting, much to the disappointment of everyone at the Aviva Stadium.

The Belgians soon got control of things, enjoying much of the possession but not truly threatening the Irish rearguard. The home side’s press was also excellent in the opening 20 minutes.

Ireland had a golden opportunity to take the lead in the 28th minute when Arthur Vermeeren was adjudged to have handled the ball inside the box.

Evan Ferguson stepped up to the spot but saw a poor penalty saved by Belgium keeper Mats Selz.

Ireland were surely disappointed to not be ahead at the break but it was a positive first 45 minutes for O’Shea.

Into the second half, Ferguson almost made up for his spot kick miss but mistimed his jump before Belgium began to dictate play.

The Irish remained a danger and with 20 minutes to go it was anyone’s game to go and win.

Thomas Meunier came incredibly close to scoring a late winner but Ireland and Liverpool keeper Caoimhín Kelleher did brilliantly to turn the ball around the post.

That was the last of the chances as O’Shea got off to a good start in charge.