Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann is looking forward to the start of the World Cup after watching his side return to form with a 3-0 win against Colombia on Friday.

The Germans had struggled to draw 2-2 with Japan earlier in the week but goals by Michael Ballack, Bastian Schweinsteiger and substitute Tim Borowski sealed a comfortable win against the South Americans.

After the game an upbeat Klinsmann said: "After two years working hard towards this goal, we can hardly wait for it to start.

"We're hungry for the tournament and we'll stay hungry because we want to be in it all the way to the end.

"We're going into it with our heads held high. We've got five weeks in front of us, hopefully five more weeks."