Germany opened a four-point gap at
the top of their World Cup qualifying group after goals by Bastian
Schweinsteiger and Miroslav Klose sealed Germany's 2-0 win at
Azerbaijan on Wednesday.
Joachim Loew's side remain unbeaten and are favourites to claim
the group four's single guaranteed place for the finals in South
Africa, but the matter is likely to be decided when they face main
rivals Russia in Moscow on October 14.
Schweinsteiger opens score
Bayern Munich midfielder Schweinsteiger opened the scoring after
just 12 minutes when he received the ball just outside the penalty
area and rifled his shot home from 20 metres.
Germany were rarely tested and they doubled their lead just
after the break when Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez smashed a
shot at the Azerbaijan goalkeeper Farhad Veliyev and Klose headed
the rebound into the empty net.
It made up for his first-half miss when the Bayern Munich
stalwart drove his header over the bar with an empty net at his
mercy.
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Germany opened a four-point gap at
the top of their World Cup qualifying group after goals by Bastian
Schweinsteiger and Miroslav Klose sealed Germany's 2-0 win at
Azerbaijan on Wednesday.
Joachim Loew's side remain unbeaten and are favourites to claim
the group four's single guaranteed place for the finals in South
Africa, but the matter is likely to be decided when they face main
rivals Russia in Moscow on October 14.
Schweinsteiger opens score
Bayern Munich midfielder Schweinsteiger opened the scoring after
just 12 minutes when he received the ball just outside the penalty
area and rifled his shot home from 20 metres.
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Germany were rarely tested and they doubled their lead just
after the break when Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez smashed a
shot at the Azerbaijan goalkeeper Farhad Veliyev and Klose headed
the rebound into the empty net.
It made up for his first-half miss when the Bayern Munich
stalwart drove his header over the bar with an empty net at his
mercy.
