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England in Germany conjures memories of Baden-Baden and Wags but….oh, Gareth Southgate seems to be wise to all that.
Alun Pugh gets in touch: “I’m in Karlsruhe for the Bundesliga 2 game against Rostock tomorrow and looking forward to knowing who we are playing next summer after we’ve disposed of the trifling matter of the playoffs. No draw coverage is complete without the obligatory cliche “group of death”. Hope you will put this right soon.”