Germany on up says Vogts

Germany coach Berti Vogts believes his squad have plenty mote to offer following their comfortable warm-up victory over fellow…

Germany coach Berti Vogts believes his squad have plenty mote to offer following their comfortable warm-up victory over fellow World Cup hopefuls Columbia.

The Germans notched up an impressive 3-1 win over Columbia in Frankfurt on Saturday evening , with goals from Oliver Bierhoff and Andreas Moeller.

"We showed between 70 and 75 percent of our potential, "I have to congratulate my team. I wanted to see clear improvement from the(goalless) Finland game and I got it.

"What's important now is that we're in top form (for our opening Group F game ) on June 15 against the Us."

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