Lukas Podolski couldn’t have dreamt of a better end to his international career.The 31-year-old, on his 130th and final appearance for the four-time world champions, won the friendly for his side with an unstoppable 25-yard strike into the top corner of the net.It was the only goal of the game and capped off what was an unforgettable night for the Galatasaray forward.In order to allow the Germany fans inside Signal Iduna Park to pay tribute to Podolski, head coach Joachim Low subbed him off with seven minutes of the match remaining.He received an emotional standing ovation from the home crowd. Rather than an international friendly, it felt like Podolski’s international testimonial at this point.

Twitter noticed Germany did something bizarre

And bemused people on Twitter noticed that Germany did something rather unusual when Podolski went off.

Now, we’re all familiar with goal music. Some clubs - perhaps even the one you support - play a certain song whenever a goal’s scored.

But have you ever heard of substitution music?

Well, that’s exactly what happened with ‘Poldi’ went off last night.

Viewers with their sound turned up noticed that the epic song ‘Now We Are Free’ from the hit film Gladiator was played as Podolski made his way to the dugout.

We can’t work out whether this is hilariously embarrassing or actually quite cool, but make your own minds up.

Video: Podolski's emotional substitution

Here’s the footage (you’ll need to have your sound turned up, obviously…)

Reaction on Twitter

And here’s what people on Twitter thought…

Podolski: This was like a great movie

"This is like a great movie," Podolski told ARD, per Goal, after the match. "We win 1-0 and I score the goal.

"I know I have a left foot that was probably gifted to me by God, or someone up there, and I can always rely on it. I am proud of these last 13 years.

"From the atmosphere in the stadium you could see the connection I have with people from Cologne.

"There were at least 30,000 people from Cologne in the stadium. It gives you goose bumps. That’s when you know where you home is, and that you’ve done a lot of good, also off the pitch. That makes me very proud."