MIROSLAV Klose scored his tournament-leading fifth goal as Germany defeated Cameroon 2-0, to win Group E.
In a match tainted by referee Antonio Lopez Nieto of Spain, who issued a combined 16 yellow cards and a pair of red cards, Klose sealed the victory with 11 minutes to play, recording his fifth headed goal of the World Cup.
Michael Ballack again set up the Kaiserslautern forward with a perfect cross from the right side for his fourth assist in three matches.
Substitute Marco Bode put Germany one nil up five minutes into the second half. Against the run of play, Klose battled through several Cameroon defenders, kept his balance and split a pair of defenders with his pass to a sprinting Bode.
Nieto issued eight cautions to each team and sent off Germany's Carsten Ramellow and Cameroon substitute Patrick Suffo.
In the first half, there were more bookings than shots on goal.
Germany won the group with seven points and will meet the second place team from Group B. Ireland also advanced from the group with a win over Saudi Arabia.
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