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Bastian Schweinsteiger bows out as Germany beat Finland

TOPSHOT - Germany's midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger is thrown in the air by his team-mates after the football friendly match between Germany and Finland, his last game for his country, in Monchengladbach, western Germany on on August 31, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ

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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