Germany coach Joachim Low bemoaned his side's lack of firepower despite a comfortable 3-0 win over Malta last night.

Lukas Podolski and Stefan Kiessling benefited from the absence of Bayern Munich duo Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez to lead the Germany line along with Stuttgart's Cacau in Aachen.

But, while Cacau scored twice, Cologne forward Podolski and Leverkusen striker Kiessling never looked like finding the back of the net.

"We scored too few goals," said Low.

"We created many chances, but we were a bit too wasteful in front of goal. The final result was a bit too low."

On the other hand, Low was full of praise for last night's debutants.

"Several young players have played their way into contention in a positive way," he added.

"Dennis Aogo and also Kevin Grosskreutz impressed a lot."

Low was forced to play a weakened side with many of his first-choice selection still on club duty for the upcoming domestic cup finals or the Champions League final - something which remains an annoyance for the coach.

"We have just got to take it as it is," he said. "Of course we would prefer to have these players earlier.

"But we will work hard on the team in the final two weeks before the World Cup."

Low takes his squad to a training camp in Sicily next week before moving to northern Italy later this month.

They have two more friendly matches scheduled against Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina before flying to South Africa on June 6.