The last of the international friendlies for the year took place yesterday and Germany beat England by a goal to nil.
To be fair it was always going to be an up hill struggle for England to beat Germany. What made it even harder for England was that Roy Hodgson could not play all his first team players.
For England it's the first time in over thirty years that they have lost two back to back friendlies and it goes to show that there are no easy games at this level.
Naturally there will probably be the usual media uproar, but we are still about six months away from the start of the Brazil 2014.
I think these two losses will give the players and the fans a reality check for Brazil 2014.
Elsewhere the reigning World Champions Spain where beaten one nil by South Africa.
I was shocked by this result and thought either South Africa have made some real improvements or Spain had a very bad night but most likely a bit of both.
It was probably a wake up call for a team like Spain no to be too complacent and it does go to show that unexpected results can happen to the best or worst of teams.
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