Germany continued their strong start to qualifying for the 2012 European Championship with a 2-0 win over Turkey in front of 74,000 fans at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
The home side initially struggled to open up a well-organized Turkey team but Miroslav Klose broke the deadlock in the 42nd minute with a rebound after a Thomas Müller header hit the crossbar.
Mesut Özil, who is of Turkish heritage and was constantly booed by the Turkey fans, doubled the lead with a powerful shot in the 79th minute before Klose wrapped up the win with three minutes left.
Lineups:
Germany: Manuel Neuer; Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker, Holger Badstuber, Heiko Westermann; Sami Khedira, Toni Kroos; Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil (Marko Marin, 90), Lukas Podolski (Christian Träsch, 86); Miroslav Klose (Cacau, 90)
Turkey: Volkan Demirel; Sabri Sarıoğlu, Servet Çetin, Ömer Erdoğan, Gökhan Gönül; Nuri Şahin (Sercan Yıldırım, 78), Mehmet Aurélio (Tuncay Şanlı, 25), Emre Belözoğlu, Hamit Altıntop; Özer Hurmacı, Halil Altıntop (Semih Şentürk, 63)
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The home side initially struggled to open up a well-organized Turkey team but Miroslav Klose broke the deadlock in the 42nd minute with a rebound after a Thomas Müller header hit the crossbar.
Mesut Özil, who is of Turkish heritage and was constantly booed by the Turkey fans, doubled the lead with a powerful shot in the 79th minute before Klose wrapped up the win with three minutes left.
Lineups:
Germany: Manuel Neuer; Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker, Holger Badstuber, Heiko Westermann; Sami Khedira, Toni Kroos; Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil (Marko Marin, 90), Lukas Podolski (Christian Träsch, 86); Miroslav Klose (Cacau, 90)
Turkey: Volkan Demirel; Sabri Sarıoğlu, Servet Çetin, Ömer Erdoğan, Gökhan Gönül; Nuri Şahin (Sercan Yıldırım, 78), Mehmet Aurélio (Tuncay Şanlı, 25), Emre Belözoğlu, Hamit Altıntop; Özer Hurmacı, Halil Altıntop (Semih Şentürk, 63)
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