Football News : Germany thrash Dutch in friendly

Miroslav Klose celebrates his goal in the 3-0 rout of the Netherlands in Hamburg

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Germany beat the Netherlands 3-0 in international friendly in Hamburg


• Thomas Mueller, Miroslov Klose and Mesut Ozil with the goals


• England beat Sweden 1-0 at Wembley for second straight friendly win


• Uruguay edge Italy 1-0 in Olympic Stadium in Rome

(CNN) -- Germany underlined their impressive credentials ahead of Euro 2012 with a 3-0 thrashing Tuesday night of arch-rivals the Netherlands in Hamburg.

The Germans, who will be among the favorites next summer in Ukraine and Poland, swept aside the 2010 World Cup runners-up with veteran striker Miroslov Klose inspirational.

He set up Thomas Mueller to put the home side ahead early before helping himself to the second and his 63rd goal for Germany in the 26th minute.

It left him just five short of the legendary Gerd Mueller's all-time record.

The 33-year-old Lazio striker then worked in Real Madrid's Mesut Ozil for a close range strike in the 66th minute as Germany sealed their first win over the Dutch since 1996.

"The whole team made the match a lot of fun to play in," Ozil told AFP.

Meanwhile, England made it two wins in five days at Wembley with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Sweden.

The whole team made the match a lot of fun to play in
Mesut Ozil

England made several changes from the side which beat world champions Spain 1-0 last Friday, but were largely in command for much of the match against their fellow Euro 2012 qualifiers.

It was England's first win over Sweden in 43 years and captain John Terry, recalled to the team after being under investigation for a racist incident, said he never had any intention of sitting the match out because of the controversy.

"No chance," he told ITV. "I'm very passionate, very confident being England captain and very proud to be, also."

England's only goal in the first half, their 2,000th in internationals, was originally given to midfielder Gareth Barry, but his header took a final touch off Swedish defender Daniel Majstorovic.

New boy Jack Rodwell missed a glorious opportunity for his first goal for England and Manchester United youngster Phil Jones also went close as the home side might have added further to their tally against a below-par Swedish side who rarely threatened.

Uruguay's Sebastian Fernandez scored the only goal of the game as they beat Italy 1-0 win in the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

Mario Balotelli went close for the Italy before former Juventus full-back Martin Caceres crossed for Fernandez to help the ball home.