For Germany, the scoreline made the trip worthwhile. The visitors closed out a 2-1 win, while USA were left just short in a match where the recorded split scores stood at 1:1 and 0:1. In friendly football, the cleanest summary is often the best one: get the result, manage the key phases, and leave with momentum.
Lothar Kurbjuweit once described "A very strange atmosphere," and internationals can always carry that tense edge even when the stakes are lower. Germany handled the occasion well enough to keep the score in their favour. The highlights were not about a runaway margin; they were about finishing the night on top and making the narrow advantage count.
That is why Sparwasser's line still lands: "Of course the fixture had a certain explosiveness, but that didn't interest us players." The football answer mattered more here too. Germany's result was built into the numbers that survive every match report - 1-2 at full time, with the period breakdown logged as 1:1 and 0:1. Those are the stats that frame the whole summary.