Arsenal's Olympic star Serge Gnabry scores twice as Germany beat Fiji 10-0 with five goals from Nils Petersen

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Tom Doyle11 August 2016

Arsenal midfielder Serge Gnabry made it five goals in three Olympic matches so far as Germany thrashed Fiji 10-0 to advance to the knockout stages of the Games.

The Germany Olympic men's football squad has a lot to live up to after the senior team lifted the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but headed into the game against Fiji needing a big score to progress from Group C after two draws from their opening two matches.

Gnabry - who netted in the 2-2 draw with London 2012 gold medallists Mexico and a 3-3 thriller with South Korea - opened the scoring at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, turning home Julian Brandt's assist early on.

Nils Petersen scored the second with his first of five goals, with Max Meyer then netting en route to a hat-trick of his own.

Petersen completed his treble before the break with Gnabry making it six going into the second half, with two from Meyer and another double from Petersen completing the rout.

It could have been even worse for Fiji had goalkeeper Simione Tamanisau not saved a penalty to deny Meyer his fourth of the game as Germany coasted to victory.

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The win sees Die Nationalmannschaft into the knockout stages at the expense of Mexico, who lost to group winners South Korea.

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