Veteran striker Miroslav Klose rolled back the years with a goal and two assists on Tuesday as Germany hammered Euro 2012 rivals Holland 3-0 in a friendly in Hamburg.
The 33-year-old provided the final pass for Thomas Müller to give the hosts an early lead against the World Cup finalists before Klose scored his 63rd goal for Germany leaving him just five short of Gerd Müller's all-time record.
Klose, making his 113th appearance, showed the knee injury, which kept him out of Friday's draw in Kiev, was behind him with his first shot in the first minute, then provided the pass for the first goal.
A Toni Kroos cross from the wing was squared by Klose for Mueller to come onto the ball at pace to put Germany ahead on 15 minutes and his near-post shot gave Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg no chance.
The pair combined again when a superb run from Mueller ended with a deft pass to Ozil and with plenty of space, the Real Madrid star supplied a pin-point cross for Klose to head home on 26 minutes.
Friendly Match: Germany vs Netherlands
The Dutch barely had a look in during the first 45 minutes and both Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder and Klose picked up first-half bookings.
Klose then produced his second assist of the game when Müller's clever pass split the Dutch defence and he drew Stekelenburg for Özil to tap the ball into an empty net on 66 minutes to wrap up the win.
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Veteran striker Miroslav Klose rolled back the years with a goal and two assists on Tuesday as Germany hammered Euro 2012 rivals Holland 3-0 in a friendly in Hamburg.
The 33-year-old provided the final pass for Thomas Müller to give the hosts an early lead against the World Cup finalists before Klose scored his 63rd goal for Germany leaving him just five short of Gerd Müller's all-time record.
Klose, making his 113th appearance, showed the knee injury, which kept him out of Friday's draw in Kiev, was behind him with his first shot in the first minute, then provided the pass for the first goal.
A Toni Kroos cross from the wing was squared by Klose for Mueller to come onto the ball at pace to put Germany ahead on 15 minutes and his near-post shot gave Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg no chance.
The pair combined again when a superb run from Mueller ended with a deft pass to Ozil and with plenty of space, the Real Madrid star supplied a pin-point cross for Klose to head home on 26 minutes.
Friendly Match: Germany vs Netherlands
The Dutch barely had a look in during the first 45 minutes and both Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder and Klose picked up first-half bookings.
Klose then produced his second assist of the game when Müller's clever pass split the Dutch defence and he drew Stekelenburg for Özil to tap the ball into an empty net on 66 minutes to wrap up the win.
