Niclas Füllkrug stepped off the bench to secure Germany a friendly draw with Mexico in Julian Nagelsmann's second game in charge.

Mexico 2-2 Germany
Goals: 0-1 Rüdiger 25' (assist: Gosens), 1-1 Antuna 37' (assist: Lozano), 2-1 Sanchez 47' (assist: Antuna), 2-2 Füllkrug 51'

Germany were fresh off a 3-1 win over the USA on Nagelsmann's debut, but rode their luck in a keenly contested first half, with Mexico's Hirving Lozano unable to take advantage of some early defensive lapses. Nagelsmann's side began to find joy up the left-hand side midway through the half, though, and were rewarded when Robin Gosens flicked on Leroy Sané's near-post corner for Antonio Rüdiger to sink the opener. After the offside flag denied Thomas Müller Germany's second goal, Mexico levelled straight after play resumed through Uriel Antuna.

Nagelsmann introduced Füllkrug and Leon Goretzka at the start of the second half, but his plans were thrown into momentary disarray when Erick Sanchez headed Mexico into a 47th-minute lead. Goretzka headed over as Germany sought an immediate response, and they got it with their next attack. Guillermo Ochoa denied Florian Wirtz's header, but not substitute Füllkrug's instinctive follow-up. Ochoa had to be on his toes to prevent substitute Jonas Hofmann getting on the end of a probing Jamal Musiala pass as Germany searched for a winner. At the other end, Füllkrug got in the way of a dangerous-looking free-kick. Nagelsmann handed Kevin Behrens his senior international debut in the closing stages, but Mexico kept the Union Berlin forward and his new teammates at bay.

Match stats

• Germany are unbeaten under Nagelsmann (W1, D1).
• Borussia Dortmund's Füllkrug has now scored nine times in 11 senior appearances for Germany.
• Müller won his 125th senior cap. He is the most-capped player in the current squad.
• Musiala made history as the youngest Germany player to reach 35 caps, meanwhile, aged 20 years and 234 days.
• Germany have won six of their 15 competitive meetings with Mexico, drawing seven and losing just two.
• Javier 'Chicharito' Hernández is one of eight Mexicans to have played in the Bundesliga. He scored 28 times across two seasons with Bayer Leverkusen.

Teams

Germany: Ter Stegen - Tah, Süle (Thiaw 59'), Rüdiger, Gosens (Raum 65') - Groß (Goretzka 46'), Gündogan, Musiala (Behrens 87'), Wirtz (Hofmann 65') - Sané, Müller (Füllkrug 46')
Unused subs: Baumann, Leno, Trapp, Hummels, Andrich, Brandt, Führich, Havertz, Behrens
Out: Gnabry (broken arm), Günter (broken arm), Henrichs (muscular), Kimmich (cold), Neuer (broken leg)
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann 

Mexico: Ochoa (c) - Sanchez, Montes, Vasquez, Gallardo - Romo (Chavez 61'), Sanchez (Cordova 61'), Ed. Alvarez, Antuna (Pineda 82') - Lozano (Huerta 82'), Gimenez (Martin 76')
Unused subs: Gonzalez, Malagon, Rodriguez, K. Alvarez, Arteaga, Juarez, Ruiz, Cortizo, Jimenez
Out: Araujo (knock)
Coach: Jaime Lozano

As it happened!

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