Brazil loses to Germany for 1st time in 18 years

LONDON (AP)—Germany ended an 18-year wait for a win over Brazil and Italy beat Spain in a meeting of the last two world champions in friendlies on Wednesday.

Bastian Schweinsteiger opened the scoring from the penalty spot in Germany’s 3-2 victory over Brazil in Stuttgart before Mario Goetze and Andre Schuerrle also netted for the hosts.

Robinho and Neymar scored for five-time World Cup winner Brazil, which hosts the 2014 tournament.

Spain, which won the 2010 World Cup, saw an under-strength side fall 2-1 in Italy.

While Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso canceled out Riccardo Montolivo’s opener, Alberto Aquilani scored a late winner for Italy.

The friendly between England and the Netherlands was canceled due to the disorder in London.