BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Mesut Oezil scored one goal and set up another Tuesday as Germany beat Azerbaijan 3-1 to all but qualify for the 2012 European Championship.
Germany's seventh win in as many matches means it tops Group A with 21 points and can only be overtaken by Turkey, which is 11 points behind with a game in hand.
Oezil scored in the 30th minute, when he collected a cross from Benedikt Hoewedes outside the area, took two touches past two Azeri defenders and unleashed an angled shot that rebounded in off the post.
The Real Madrid midfielder set up Mario Gomez for a tap-in 11 minutes later.
Azerbaijan's Vuga Nadyrov had an effort ruled out for offside in the 64th, before Murad Huseynov scored a late consolation in the 89th.
Andre Schuerrle restored Germany's two-goal advantage in injury time.
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