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Soccer-Germany easily beat Sweden to reach quarter finals

By David Ljunggren

OTTAWA, June 20 (Reuters) - Top-ranked Germany easily reached the quarter finals of the Women's World Cup on Saturday when they braved baking heat to thrash Sweden 4-1 in a second round game .

Celia Sasic scored in each half with Anja Mittag and Dzsenifer Marozsan also netting goals against an unimpressive Swedish side.

Linda Sembrant headed home a late consolation goal for Sweden.

Sasic and Mittag now both have five goals in the tournament.

Germany will play the winner of Sunday's France-South Korea match next Friday in Montreal.

The physically imposing German side, who had scored 15 goals in their three group matches, spurned several good chances before Mittag fired in a curling 22-yard drive in the 24th minutes that took Swedish goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl by surprise.