Germany beat Ukraine 2- 0 courtesy – goals from Shkodran Mustafi and substitute Bastian Schweinsteiger.
They showed flashes of the brilliance that took them to World Cup victory in 2014 interspersed with flashes of mediocrity that will worry Joachim Loew .
It was a solid win, and the type of start that most teams would crave.
But it was not emphatic.
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