Striker Cacau scored his third goal in two games for his adopted country to seal Germany's 3-0 (1-0) win over Hungary in a World Cup warm-up friendly at Budapest on Saturday. Alongside Cacau, Lukas Podolski and Mario Gomez weighed in with goals to cap impressive performances.
Germany start their World Cup campaign in Group D on June 13 against Australia and fly to South Africa on June 7 after their final warm-up game against Bosnia-Herzegovina next Thursday.
With Germany captain Michael Ballack injured and out of next month's World Cup, Bayern Munich striker Miroslav Klose took over the skipper's armband. Having played in last weekend's Champions League final defeat, Bayern Munich quartet Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Mueller, Hans-Joerg Butt and Germany's new World Cup captain Philipp Lahm were all rested.
Friendly Match Hungary vs Germany
Germany opened the score at the Ferenc Puskas Stadium when Podolski, playing as an attacking midfielder, drilled in a long-range shot which Hungarian goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly palmed over the bar. From the resulting corner, defender Per Mertesacker was fouled in the penalty area and referee Claus Larsen of Denmark had no hesitation awarding the penalty. Kiraly dived to his left and Podolski rifled his shot into the top right-hand corner to make it 1-0 to Germany after four minutes.
Introduced Marko Marin, who was a constant threat, made an instant impression when he slid a pass through to Gomez who beat Kiraly on 69 minutes. Kiraly's luck did not improve as his clearance kick was headed into the path of Cacau who drew the goalkeeper and tapped home his shot on 72 minutes to seal a convincing display from his side.
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Striker Cacau scored his third goal in two games for his adopted country to seal Germany's 3-0 (1-0) win over Hungary in a World Cup warm-up friendly at Budapest on Saturday. Alongside Cacau, Lukas Podolski and Mario Gomez weighed in with goals to cap impressive performances.
Germany start their World Cup campaign in Group D on June 13 against Australia and fly to South Africa on June 7 after their final warm-up game against Bosnia-Herzegovina next Thursday.
With Germany captain Michael Ballack injured and out of next month's World Cup, Bayern Munich striker Miroslav Klose took over the skipper's armband. Having played in last weekend's Champions League final defeat, Bayern Munich quartet Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Mueller, Hans-Joerg Butt and Germany's new World Cup captain Philipp Lahm were all rested.
Friendly Match Hungary vs Germany
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Germany opened the score at the Ferenc Puskas Stadium when Podolski, playing as an attacking midfielder, drilled in a long-range shot which Hungarian goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly palmed over the bar. From the resulting corner, defender Per Mertesacker was fouled in the penalty area and referee Claus Larsen of Denmark had no hesitation awarding the penalty. Kiraly dived to his left and Podolski rifled his shot into the top right-hand corner to make it 1-0 to Germany after four minutes.
Introduced Marko Marin, who was a constant threat, made an instant impression when he slid a pass through to Gomez who beat Kiraly on 69 minutes. Kiraly's luck did not improve as his clearance kick was headed into the path of Cacau who drew the goalkeeper and tapped home his shot on 72 minutes to seal a convincing display from his side.
