ARSENE Wenger admitted that the shoulder injury Theo Walcott suffered while training for England could have happened anywhere.
The Arsenal winger, now out for three months after surgery, has a hereditary condition that weakens his ligaments, but that is him.
What if Gabriel Agbonlahor and Gareth Barry picked up injuries against Germany on Wednesday?
There goes Aston Villa's chances of taking the scalp of another Big Four team when they take on Manchester United on Saturday.
What if John Terry, whose injury problems have been blamed on playing too many games, had been crocked again after playing the entire 90 minutes against Germany?
Liverpool would have been laughing but not Chelsea.
What if Portsmouth's top scorer Jermain Defoe suffered more than just the tight muscle that saw him substituted?
Even less chance for an upset against AC Milan in the Uefa Cup next week.
Just because England's players got away relatively unscathed from Berlin, the question remains: Of what point was the match, other than adding to the bank balance of the Football Assocation, and giving football hooligans an excuse for violence? Fifteen fans were arrested after the "friendly".
German police hold a German supporter after the friendly at the Olympic stadium in Berlin on Nov 19. Three hooligans were arrested as England and German football fans clashed just before the match.
Source: AFP
Yes the game gave England manager Fabio Capello the chance to try out new players, but the next match is four months down the road.
By then those who played on Wednesday might be injured or have lost their form, while others found theirs or have recovered from their ailments.
So, really, there was no point. But these kind of matches will continue, even as players, manager, officials all complain about too much football.
As long as fans are ready to pay, the players will continue to play.
At least some have a bit of commonsense.
Chelsea's Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Joe Cole pulled out from England's squad but were in training for their club on the day of the Germany game.
Be assured that if there was a game against Manchester United that day, they would have been ready to play.
Players should have pride wearing their national colours.
But beating or losing to Germany would have made no difference to England's chances of qualifying for World Cup 2010.
But picking up an injury could make a big difference to their club's and paymasters' Premier League ambitions.
What do you think? Did Germany vs England have any relevance?