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Germany warm up with 24-0 winMay 27, 2010


Germany enjoyed an easy workout against a local amateur team in their training camp in Sudtirol, thrashing their hapless opponents 24-0 with Bayern Munich strikers Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez netting five each.



Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose were in the goals.
Fellow strikers Cacau and Stefan Kiessling scored two each, while Lukas Podolski was also on target as Joachim Low's side showed no mercy on youthful opponents from Eppan. The rest of the goals were scored by Piotr Trochowski (three), Andreas Beck (two), Toni Kroos (two), Arne Friedrich (one) and Sami Khedira (one).

Stuttgart striker Cacau, who is preparing for his first major tournament, said the excitement is increasing by the day.

''I am enjoying the atmosphere,'' he said. ''The tension is rising every day as the World Cup beckons and we are all really looking forward to it getting started.''

Meanwhile, Germany coach Joachim Low is expected to announce Philipp Lahm as his new captain - in the absence of the injured Michael Ballack, although former Germany No.1 Oliver Kahn, who played alongside Lahm both for club and country, is not convinced that the 26-year-old would be the right choice.

''You have a huge responsibility as captain of the national team and the player who wears the armband must always lead the way,'' he told Munich's Tz newspaper. ''Lahm still has to prove whether he has the leadership qualities for the whole tournament.

''A World Cup is very long and there are tough phases. As the captain, you must always be positive and courageous. Philipp is a great footballer, but I don't know whether he is mature enough for this.''

lol, are you serious Jimmy? What does a match against an amatuer team mean? Don't see why they even bothered playing it to be honest.

If thats getting their hopes up and getting them all cocky, boy do i hope we give them the fright of their lives!

Red-4-Life wrote:If thats getting their hopes up and getting them all cocky, boy do i hope we give them the fright of their lives!

I don't think the Germans are stupid enough to think that a romp against an amateur team means anything

OMFKN god as if you can take anything from a game like this

Loppermann wrote:

Red-4-Life wrote:If thats getting their hopes up and getting them all cocky, boy do i hope we give them the fright of their lives!

I don't think the Germans are stupid enough to think that a romp against an amateur team means anything

Loppermann, you seriously think the Aussies are going to get more then maybe a point in the World Cup? We are all optimistic and hope but realistically I think we all know the Aussies will be out in the first round.

I remember when the youth WC was here and Polonia played Brazil, (who's training base was at Croydon) in a warm up/friendly - our boys told we were'nt allowed to "tackle hard". Lost about 15-0 or something. Mind you, they did go on to win the tournament, so it must have helped in some way!

Ollo Ollo wrote:

Loppermann wrote:

Red-4-Life wrote:If thats getting their hopes up and getting them all cocky, boy do i hope we give them the fright of their lives!

I don't think the Germans are stupid enough to think that a romp against an amateur team means anything

Loppermann, you seriously think the Aussies are going to get more then maybe a point in the World Cup? We are all optimistic and hope but realistically I think we all know the Aussies will be out in the first round.

lol, where did I say anything like that?

australia might set up a game against the solomon islands or vanuatu just so we can get a 20 goal win

Chelsea4thewin wrote:australia might set up a game against the solomon islands or vanuatu just so we can get a 20 goal win

I'm thinking American Samoa..see if we can beat that 31 goal world record!

Yeah, and Holman can try and beat Archie's record of 13 lol

kewell is shiiiiiit as of tonite an yah think we will go past round 4........

play 3 games an thats it i reckon in group!!!! an thats it.....

call urself an aussie and say kewell is shit

the best player ever to come out of this country

Bomber wrote:I remember when the youth WC was here and Polonia played Brazil, (who's training base was at Croydon) in a warm up/friendly - our boys told we were'nt allowed to "tackle hard". Lost about 15-0 or something. Mind you, they did go on to win the tournament, so it must have helped in some way!

I think thats what Canada were told when they played the Argies recently