Friendly International: Germany 1 - China 0

World Cup hosts Germany beat China 1-0 thanks to a Torsten Frings penalty early in the second half of Wednesday's friendly international in Hamburg. Frings converted from the spot on 51 minutes after Shenzhen Jianlibao defender Li Weifeng brought down Bernd Schneider in the box. In an uninspiring match China had two good chances to score in the first half as Shenhua pair Xie Hui and Sun Xiang failed to convert after excellent passes from Shandong Luneng midfielder Zheng Zhi. Both our clients, Shao Jiayi of Munich 1860 and Zheng Zhi of Shandong Luneng played a important role in the Chinese offense. Germany - China 1:0 (0:0) 1:0 Frings (52., penalty) Germany: Kahn (Bayern München/36/83) - Friedrich (Hertha BSC/26/31), Mertesacker (Hannover 96/21/17) from 46. Huth (FC Chelsea/21/13), Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund/24/17), Schweinsteiger (Bayern München/21/22) from 88. Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart/23/13) - Frings (Werder Bremen/28/47) - Deisler (Bayern München/25/34), Borowski (Werder Bremen 25/14), Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen/31/58) - Neuville (Borussia Mönchengladbach/32/51) from 90. Owomoyela (Werder Bremen/25/10) , Podolski (1. FC Köln/20/19) from 52. Kuranyi (Schalke 04/23/34) China: Li Leilei (Shenzen/28) - Du (Celtic Glasgow/23), Li Weifeng (Shenzen/27), Ji Mingyi (Dalian/24) - Sun Jihai (Manchester City/28) from 83. Wang Liang (Liaoning/26), Li Tie (FC Everton/28), Li Yan (Shanghai Cosco/24), Sun Xiang (Shanghai SVA/23) from 90. Zheng Bin (Hubei Wuhan/28) - Zheng Zhi (Shandong/25) from 80. Xu Liang (Liaoning/26), Shao (TSV 1860 München/25) from 59. Yang Cao (Tianjin Teda/23) - Hui Xie (Shanghai SVA/30) from 46. Fangzhuo Dong (FC Antwerpen/20) from 90. Zuo Jie (Dalian Shide/24). Referee: Batista (Portugal) Attendance: 48.734