A match that really had nothing much at stake but national pride.
A game that was much hyped; of course, remarkably as it was Garry Southgate's first official game as an England permanent coach.
An international friendly between Germany and England.
Season 1 of a game which eventually became a movie kicked off when England fans jeered the German national anthem and then belted out a chorus of 'Have you ever seen the Germans win a war?'
Then came the Season 2, which followed a dour first half of the game which has only that powerful Adam Lallana's run and strike that hit the post as the only thing to cheer about.
Apparently disillusioned with the outcome of the first 45 minutes, an England fan, who travelled over 500 kilometres to Westfalenstadion decided to entertain fans at Signal Iduna Park by stripping naked and dancing to the admiration and of course bemusement of spectators.
The fan didn't take his top off and wave it over his head, nor did he prance around in his underpants. NO!
He was totally NAKED while some supporters happily took photo shots of him as he danced.
Season three of the movie couldn't be sweeter as the chief character, Lukas Podolski, blessed with arguably the best left foot on the planet struck an unstoppable missile of a shot at the 69th minute, his 49th in 130th game for the German national team to send the stadium into ''flames''.
The man himself; Lukas Podolski who was playing his last game for his country admitted that his Germany farewell was "like a great movie".
He was greeted with the Gladiator music as he left the field and afterwards admitted it couldn't have gone much better.
"This is like a great movie," Podolski told ARD . "We win 1-0 and I score the goal.
"I know I have a left foot that was probably gifted to me by God, or someone up there, and I can always rely on it. I am proud of these last 13 years."
It was a great show of solidarity in the 83rd minute, as both Germany and England supporters at Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park put their rivarlry behind and stood in unison to applaud one of the greatest German players (Podolski) as he officially signed off being replaced by Sebastian Rudy.
As he strolled off the pitch the PA played the theme from blockbuster film Gladiator before the entire bench gave him emotional high-fives.
After the final whistle, then came Season 4 of the blocbuster, as Podolski was hoisted in the stands by supporters as he dangled a German flag before partaking in two laps of the pitch.
The striker won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with his national team and is the third highest goalscorer in the country's history.
He went on to become the nation's youngest player at Euro 2004, before playing at World Cups in 2006, 2010 and 2014 and Euros in 2004, 2008 and 2012.
German Boss, Low paid his own tributes to the star: “He is a unique specimen, no one can really replace him.
“A game against England is the right opportunity to say farewell to such a big player for Germany.
He has always been a class player. One of the greatest that Germany has ever had.”
And what a movie that was.
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