Match ends, Germany 2, Georgia 1.
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World champions Germany booked their place at Euro 2016 with an unconvincing win over Georgia.
Joachim Low's side struggled before they were awarded a second-half penalty, which Thomas Muller converted.
Georgia captain Jaba Kankava levelled with a superb left-foot volley from outside the box.
Substitute Max Kruse had the final word, getting on the end of Mesut Ozil's precise through ball to coolly slot home the winner.
Germany also had goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to thank after he made a superb save to tip over a Tornike Okriashvili effort at 1-1.
A point was all the world champions needed to qualify for the European Championship in France next summer, and they topped Group D ahead of Poland, who beat the Republic of Ireland to take the second automatic qualification spot.
Germany manager Low said: "We know that is not what we demand from ourselves. Not the way we are currently operating in front of goal. We made our own life difficult.
"We are satisfied with the qualification but not satisfied with our last two games [they lost 1-0 to the Republic of Ireland on Thursday]. That is not our standard. We have work ahead of us."
Line-ups
Germany
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Neuer
- 6Ginter
- 17Boateng
- 5HummelsBooked at 90mins
- 3Hector
- 21Gündogan
- 18Kroos
- 13Müller
- 8Özil
- 11ReusSubstituted forBellarabiat 90'minutes
- 9SchürrleSubstituted forKruseat 76'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Mustafi
- 4Rudy
- 7Schweinsteiger
- 12Leno
- 14Can
- 15Volland
- 16Bellarabi
- 20Kramer
- 22ter Stegen
- 23Kruse
Georgia
Formation 5-4-1
- 12RevishviliBooked at 49mins
- 2Lobzhanidze
- 3Kverkvelia
- 5Amisulashvili
- 4Kashia
- 22NavalovskiBooked at 33mins
- 8QazaishviliSubstituted forKobakhidzeat 90'minutes
- 7Kankava
- 16KvekveskiriSubstituted forKhizanishviliat 78'minutes
- 10OkriashviliBooked at 71mins
- 9GelashviliSubstituted forVatsadzeat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Loria
- 6Khizanishvili
- 11Vatsadze
- 13Makaridze
- 14Tskhadadze
- 15Merebashvili
- 17Popkhadze
- 18Grigalava
- 19Kobakhidze
- 20Dzalamidze
- 21Kakabadze
- 23Palavandishvili
- Referee:
- Pavel Kralovec
- Attendance:
- 43,630
Match Stats
Home TeamGermanyAway TeamGeorgia
- Possession
- Home71%
- Away29%
- Shots
- Home29
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home13
- Away5
- Corners
- Home9
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home6
- Away8
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Germany 2, Georgia 1.
Booking
Mats Hummels (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Mats Hummels (Germany).
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Tornike Okriashvili (Georgia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt missed. Max Kruse (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mesut Özil following a corner.
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Corner, Germany. Conceded by Nukri Revishvili.
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Attempt missed. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Max Kruse.
Substitution
Substitution, Germany. Karim Bellarabi replaces Marco Reus.
Substitution
Substitution, Georgia. Aleksandr Kobakhidze replaces Valeri Qazaishvili.
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Corner, Germany. Conceded by Ucha Lobzhanidze.
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Attempt saved. Jonas Hector (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
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Attempt missed. Mate Vatsadze (Georgia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Foul by Jerome Boateng (Germany).
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Tornike Okriashvili (Georgia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!
Goal! Germany 2, Georgia 1. Max Kruse (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
Substitution
Substitution, Georgia. Zurab Khizanishvili replaces Nika Kvekveskiri.
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Attempt missed. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
Substitution
Substitution, Germany. Max Kruse replaces André Schürrle.
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Foul by Toni Kroos (Germany).
