Schneider celebrates scoring the openerGermany's post-Jurgen-Klinsmann era got off to a flying start as they brushed aside Sweden 3-0 in their first match under former assistant Joachim Low.
The World Cup might be over but the euphoria is still the same in Germany, and it took Bernd Schneider and Miroslav Klose just eight minutes to carve out a 2-0 lead.
Klose added a third goal a minute before half-time before Germany cruised to an uncontested victory.
Germany had steamrolled past Sweden in their second round meeting two months ago, with Lukas Podolski scoring two goals in the first 12 minutes.
It was little different this time out, even though the hosts were missing injured central defenders Christoph Metzelder and Per Mertesacker, as well as Chelsea star Michael Ballack.
Sweden were without eight starters from the World Cup encounter, including all of their big names, and it showed early.
With just four minutes on the clock, Tim Borowski singled out unmarked Schneider with his flick from the left wing, and the Germany skipper easily swept home the opener.
Klose fired a warning shot two minutes later when he gently placed a long Jens Nowotny feed past Rami Shaaban - only for the linesman to flag the goal offside.
The Werder Bremen hitman, who was honoured as Germany4s footballer of the year before the match, then got his name on the scoresheet in the eighth minute.
Dribbling his way into the box from the right channel, he superbly shook off Kim Kallstrom before rounding Petter Hanson to fire past Shaaban from eight yards.
Borowski could have grabbed Germany4s third goal of the night four minutes later when Schneider - this time from the left wing - put him in the clear.
The Bremen star tried to lob Shabaan but the Sweden goalkeeper stood tall for once.
The Scandinavian's poor showing was mirrored by Kallstrom4s long-distance bomb in the 18th minute, which disappeared into the warm German night.
It was all Germany in the first half, with Klose misplacing a nifty lob following a quickly-taken Schneider free-kick and Bastian Schweinsteiger ramming over a 20-yarder from the left channel.
Klose eventually doubled his tally a minute from the half when he headed home a Schweinsteiger flick from the left, again with no defender near him.
Hertha Berlin defender Malik Fathi made his Germany debut after the break, but the hosts shifted down a gear.
Borowski came close with two shots, one from the left channel in the 62nd minute and another one from just inside the danger zone with 14 minutes remaining.
Sweden went close in the 78th minute but Thomas Hitzlsperger diverted a close-range effort from Johan Elmander over Lehmann4s goal.
Markus Rosenberg also fired over a flick from Daniel Andersson before Oliver Neuville had a goal disallowed for offside.
Despite an uneventful second half, the sell-out crowd of 55,000 fans roared at the final whistle to greet a successful debut for Low.
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