Schweinsteiger bows out as Germany beat Finland


Football Soccer - Germany v Finland - Soccer Friendly - Moenchengladbach, Germany - 31/08/16. Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger gets honoured after the match. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

(Reuters) - Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger won his 121st cap in his last match for Germany as they beat Finland 2-0 in an international friendly in Moenchengladbach on Wednesday.

Max Meyer's opener and Paulus Arajuuri's own goal handed the win to Germany, who gave a debut to Hoffenheim defender Niklas Seuele, a member of Horst Hrubesch's silver medal-winning Olympic team.

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