Two for Klose as Germany sound warning

STRIKER Miroslav Klose scored twice as Germany warmed up for their crunch clash with the Republic of Ireland next month with a 3-0 victory over Sweden at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen last night.

It gave manager Joachim Low the perfect start to the post-Jurgen Klinsmann era — and fired a warning to Ireland manager Steve Staunton ahead of the pair’s meeting in Stuttgart on September 2.

Germany were missing injured central defenders Christoph Metzelder and Per Mertesacker, as well as Chelsea star Michael Ballack but it seemed to matter little.