Germany squeeze past Saudi Arabia in a friendly match

Germany completed their preparations for the World Cup with a 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia in Leverkusen on Friday night.Low’s side brought to an end five matches without a victory – their worst run of form since 1988.

However, despite dominating for most of the game at the BayArena after taking an early lead through Timo Werner, the world champions could have ended up with an embarrassing draw after Saudi Arabia late revival.

After Omar Hawsawi’s own goal doubled  the hosts lead, Taisir Al-Jassim set up a nervy final six minutes for the hosts, who were without Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil, sitting out the match as a precaution because of a knee problem.

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