For the last match before the World Cup-2022, in less than two months this draw is perhaps the best result that the two teams could hope for, having generally missed out on their League of Nations.

The breathless scenario will have shown that their encephalogram is not completely flat, without hiding anything of the many points to be rectified if they want to be successful in Qatar.

Relegated before this match, England were the most expected at the turn with Gareth Southgate increasingly challenged but still as determined to follow the line he has in mind, even if it does not bear fruit.

The 3-4-3 is now well established as the main system and the men vary little, even if John Stones had replaced Kyle Walker as right axial in defense and Luke Shaw, an important player at Euro-2020, had returned to left piston instead of Bukayo Saka.

The problem is that the same causes produce the same consequences: offensive impotence and defensive friability.

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Yes, the Three Lions scored three times, ending 565 minutes without scoring in the game, by Shaw (1-2, 71st), Mason Mount (2-2, 75th) and Harry Kane, on penalties (3-2 , 82nd), who thought he had given victory to his family.

But for that we had to wait to be led 2-0 on a penalty from Ilkay Gündogan (0-,1, 52nd) and a sublime curling shot from Kai Havertz (0-2, 67th).

The fact that the opener came from a huge mistake by Harry Maguire, a player Southgate defends against all odds, obviously doesn't help, the Manchester defender having given the ball directly to Jamal Musiala before hooking him after taking a small bridge in the surface.

Admittedly, the German advantage was a bit against the course of the game, André Ter Stegen having had to work in front of Raheem Sterling (26th, 45th, 48th).

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But against England, we can always believe in Santa Claus and the equalizer came from a new gift, a very soft save from Nick Pope on a strike from Serge Gnabry, which Havertz was the quickest to take back and offer a draw to his own (3-3, 87th).

If the crisis is avoided, the two coaches will have to think a lot to regain certainty and confidence.

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