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Lehmann confident of German chances
21/06/2006: Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann feels German football is back where it belongs after the side thumped Ecuador to top Group A.
Miroslav Klose scored twice and Lukas Podolski netted his first of the campaign as the host nation cruised to a 3-0 win over the under-strength South Americans and book a second round clash against Sweden on Saturday.
With three wins out of three, Lehmann insists the side is full of confidence and have restored their reputation after the team had been heavily criticised during the build-up to the tournament.
"The respect is back, at least after today," Lehmann said.
"And the tournament team myth is alive. We are quite confident and we know what we can do.
"We are always capable of playing at a very high level.
"Other teams could be more skilful or whatever, but sometimes they don't know how to perform, unlike us Germans - we know about our abilities and we want to perform at the highest level."
The Arsenal stopper also admitted he was happy to avoid England in the second round and added: "For me it would be better not to play England. Because I live there and have many friends and would feel the consequences."
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