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Brazil loses to Germany for 1st time in 18 years
Posted Thursday, August 11, 2011 by YAHOO Sport

LONDON (AP)—Germany ended an 18-year wait for a win over Brazil and Italy beat Spain in a meeting of the last two world champions in friendlies on Wednesday.

Bastian Schweinsteiger opened the scoring from the penalty spot in Germany’s 3-2 victory over Brazil in Stuttgart before Mario Goetze and Andre Schuerrle also netted for the hosts.

Robinho and Neymar scored for five-time World Cup winner Brazil, which hosts the 2014 tournament.

Spain, which won the 2010 World Cup, saw an under-strength side fall 2-1 in Italy.

While Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso canceled out Riccardo Montolivo’s opener, Alberto Aquilani scored a late winner for Italy.

The friendly between England and the Netherlands was canceled due to the disorder in London.

Standings
    Rank Team W/D/L Pts

    Cities & Stadiums

    The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments

    Year Winners Runner-up Third place
    2008SpainGermanyRussia / Turkey
    2004GreecePortugalNetherlands / Czech Republic
    2000FranceItalyNetherlands / Portugal
    1996GermanyCzech RepublicFrance / England
    1992DenmarkGermanyNetherlands / Sweden
    1988NetherlandsSoviet UnionItaly / West Germany
    1984FranceSpainDenmark / Portugal
    1980West GermanyBelgiumCzechoslovakia
    1976CzechoslovakiaWest GermanyNetherlands
    1972West GermanySoviet UnionBelgium
    1968ItalyYugoslaviaEngland
    1964SpainSoviet UnionHungary
    1960Soviet UnionYugoslaviaCzechoslovakia