USA stun 2014 FIFA world champions Germany in friendly

CologneJurgen Klinsmanns USA shocked Germany with a 21 victory in Wednesdays friendly as the Stars and Stripes followed up their win over the Netherlands by beating the world championsBobby Wood who plays for Germanys third division side Erzgebirge Aue scored the winner just before the final whistle to seal the Americans deserved victory It capped a dream few days for the 22yearold who also hit the winner when the USA fought back to stun the Netherlands 43 in Amsterdam last FridayUSA footballers celebrate their goal Pic AFPAgain the USA fought back from a goal down to cap a strong display as Germany suffered their third defeat since winning the World Cup last year That was a fun little game with a good end for us beamed Klinsmann who has coached the USA since 2011 and steered Germany to third at the 2006 World CupMy players are very happy and the way things developed in the second half the victory was well deserved This success will give American football even more attention The defeat was not what Germany needed before their Euro 2016 qualifier on Saturday when they face bottom side Gibraltar away in Faro Portugal as they look to claim top spot in their group But after their Dutch win it was a confidence booster for the USA as they prepare to host the CONCACAF Gold Cup next monthOur energy levels dropped as the game went on and we couldnt respond so well rued Germany coach Joachim Loew If we had taken our chances at the start of the game the USA would certainly not have come back from two or threenil down Mario Goetzes firsthalf goal for Germany in Cologne was cancelled out by Mikkel Diskeruds equaliser just before the halftime break before Wood struck the decisive blow late onThat was inconvenient we must play better football on Saturday then we wont get into trouble again said Goetze It was Klinsmanns second win over his former side Germany coached by his former assistant Loew after Americas friendly win in Washington in 2013 But Loews team won when in mattered in the group stages in Brazil last yearAfter a bright start especially from debutant Patrick Herrmann Germany took the lead when Bayern Munichs Goetze hit his third international goal since netting the winner in the World Cup final Herrmann finished a blistering run by cutting in from the right wing and rolled a pass across the box for the unmarked Goetze to fire home on 13 minutesBut the Stars and Stripes deservedly drew level on 41 minutes when midfielder Michael Bradley a former Borussia Moenchengladbach player put in a superb diagonal pass It found Osloborn Diskerud in space and the winger fired past Germanys secondchoice goalkeeper RonRobert Zieler with Manuel Neuer restedLoew made changes soon after the break with Sami Khedira whose transfer from Real Madrid to Juventus was announced on Tuesday taking over from Germany captain Bastian SchweinsteigerThe USA who reached the last 16 of Brazil 2014 finished the stronger with only a reflex save from Zieler denying Bradleys thunderbolt strike from the edge of the area with ten minutes leftBradley started the move which led to Honoluluborn Woods winner as he held off Shkodran Mustafis challenge to beat Zieler from outside the area just before the whistle as the Hawaiiannative punched his shot home Khedira hit the crossbar in injury time as Germany chased in vain for an equaliser to spare their blushes