Miroslav Klose is playing to help Germany become world champions and is not thinking about personal glory.
Ace not worried about equalling Ronaldo's tally
Miroslav Klose is playing to help Germany become world champions and is not thinking about personal glory.
The Poland-born hit-man took his World Cup tally to 14 goals following his brace against Argentina on Saturday.
Klose is now just one World Cup goal behind the competition's all-time leading scorer, Brazilian Ronaldo.
Germany face Spain in the second semi-final on Wednesday and Klose insists he is only worrying about helping secure his country's place in the final.
"I don't know whether I am going to pass Ronaldo's record, and I don't really care," said Klose.
"I didn't think about the record beforehand. I just wanted to win the game.
"I am more interested in what we do as a team. If we end this tournament winning the World Cup that would be far more important than any goals I score."
Klose could not contain his excitement over Germany's stunning quarter-final performance in which they put Argentina to the sword with a thumping 4-0 success.
"Argentina are a good side but we played as a team today," he continued. "We were excellent.
"Now we have two games left. If we win them both we will be world champions."
