Photo Gallery Germany Dominates Sweden
World Cups hosts Germany were on fire during the first match of the knock-out round versus a stunned Sweden on Saturday, convincingly booking a quarter-final berth with a 2-0 victory.

German coach Jürgen Klinsmann cheers his team's second goal.
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Torsten Frings of Germany (R) fights with Niclas Alexandersson of Sweden.
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German forward Miroslav Klose (top) falls over Swedish goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson (bottom) as the ball comes out only to be knocked in by German forward Lukas Podolski.
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Christoph Metzelder of Germany (R) vies with Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Sweden.
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Lukas Podolski of Germany celebrates.
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Podolski, left, celebrates with his teammate Miroslav Klose.
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Referee Carlos Simon (L) shows the 2nd yellow card to Swedish Teddy Lucic.
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Podolski (R) of Germany fights with Fredrik Ljungberg of Sweden.
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Arne Friedrich of Germany (L) struggles with Erik Edman.
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