Germany became the first team to book their Euro 2012 place through the qualification groups as they beat neighbours Austria 6-2 on Friday. This was the Germans' eighth straight qualification victory, giving Joachim Löw's side an unassailable 24 points at the top of Group A to leave second-placed Turkey 11 points adrift.
Germany cruised into a 3-0 lead after 28 minutes thanks to goals by Miroslav Klose, Mesut Ozil, who added a second after the break, and Lukas Podolski. Austria got back into the game as first Werder Bremen's Marko Arnautovic, then Stuttgart's Martin Harnik scored to keep the guests in the chase.
Klose goal inches him closer to Müller
But German replacements Andre Schürrle and teenage star Mario Götze scored in the final ten minutes to add lustre to the win. This was the first time Germany had conceded two goals in their qualification games since their Euro 2012 campaign began almost exactly a year ago.
It was Klose's 62nd goal on his 111th appearance for Germany and inches him ever closer to 1970s' legend Gerd Müller's record of 68 goals in 62 games as Germany's top goal-scorer of all-time.
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Germany became the first team to book their Euro 2012 place through the qualification groups as they beat neighbours Austria 6-2 on Friday. This was the Germans' eighth straight qualification victory, giving Joachim Löw's side an unassailable 24 points at the top of Group A to leave second-placed Turkey 11 points adrift.
Germany cruised into a 3-0 lead after 28 minutes thanks to goals by Miroslav Klose, Mesut Ozil, who added a second after the break, and Lukas Podolski. Austria got back into the game as first Werder Bremen's Marko Arnautovic, then Stuttgart's Martin Harnik scored to keep the guests in the chase.
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Klose goal inches him closer to Müller
But German replacements Andre Schürrle and teenage star Mario Götze scored in the final ten minutes to add lustre to the win. This was the first time Germany had conceded two goals in their qualification games since their Euro 2012 campaign began almost exactly a year ago.
It was Klose's 62nd goal on his 111th appearance for Germany and inches him ever closer to 1970s' legend Gerd Müller's record of 68 goals in 62 games as Germany's top goal-scorer of all-time.
