Germany 3-0 Austria - As it happened

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The German national football team is the 2014 World Cup moved closer again in Brazil. With a fully deserved 3-0 victory and against Austria with goals from Miroslav Klose (33 minutes), Toni Kroos (51) and Thomas Mueller (88th), the leader of the Qualification Group C and its five-point lead on Sweden defends.World Cup preparations with a win on Tuesday could already Faroe Islands for Joachim Löw and his selection to be completed successfully and ahead of, if not win, the Swedes in Kazakhstan with a German victory.

In Munich, the favorite did exactly what he needed to do to keep the challenger at bay. A long concentrated and stable performance enough to meet their own defensive weakness – and the individual and mannschaftliche class was large enough chances to earn even without Schweinsteiger, Gundogan, Podolski, and Lars Bender – and use it for reasonable time points. After less than an hour, the game was decided, and only after the team allowed a few oversights in the financial statements and in the collective defensive work.

Austria as in a home game

In the first minutes the Austrians had still want to make it clear to them that makes a duel with the neighbors, no more fear. Two years ago they were 2:6 perished in Gelsenkirchen against the Germans, but in Munich made initially in the stands the fans a spectacle and Austria on the court, the team of coach Marcel Koller led to the beginning then also on, as if them a home game. With fierce determination, they attacked the German team far in the attacking half, and so was playful unfolding of the Germans not say anything to see.

But that was soon. The momentum of the Austrians was a quarter of an hour to go, the eternal outsider had raged itself. However, the initial phase was still something of a first short-term stability test for the newly formed back four and defensive midfielders field, the main pillar of the defensive work. Loew had quite surprisingly omitted in central defense on Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng placed alongside Per Mertesacker.

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In the six positions were found as Sami Khedira and Toni Kross expected, and soon could be said that such defensive weaknesses as last when tested against Paraguay (3-3) in this qualifier – had actually nothing to look – as announced by team and coach. The team functioned as a defensive compound, concentration and commitment could not be denied the big favorites in Group C. The strongest performance in the defensive delivered that day but the captain due to his anniversary from. In its 100th Countries play Lahm offered a highly intelligent and extremely ball appearance on the right side.

In midfield, impressed Sami Khedira as well as penned with tremendous defensive energy and building game, which the Austrians were not always grown.After ten minutes, it was also a shot of the Madrid midfielder, who went just wide, but still looked like a first sign that the Germans are now conceived to fill their role as favorites.

Always superior

In the first half, the German superiority continued to grow, without that you could, however, speak of the really big dominance. This was also the fact that Marco Reus to nearly half hours after a perfect source player Khedira did not use the best chance determined enough, a weakness that always carries around with him and the German team itself makes life so difficult.

In the 33 Minute Miroslav Klose made it much better but then, as he expressed in best-scoring style of the ball after a hard cross from Thomas Mueller in falling into the goal from close range. It was his 68th Goal in the 129th International Match, and so Klose cracked quite fitting in Munich with a “Miller” Gate to the record of the legendary striker of the seventies.

The only concern is that the Austrians could do with one or the other solo action or a successful combination, the Favorites another uncomfortable night in Munich was then evaporated and shortly after the break. Reus played in the penalty area to his colleagues Bayern Kroos, who then made a good twenty meters demonstrated his excellent shooting technique.

The ball landed beautifully in goal to 2:0 (51). Then the Germans could easily and quickly still possible to add some hits, but were awarded as these opportunities, the leaders restricted to 88 Minute on doing his duty task before Thomas Muller the rather large difference in performance in this classic accordingly made clear with the third goal in earnings.

Germany 3-0 Austria - As it happened