LONDON -- Helped by Bastian Schweinsteiger's two penalty kicks, Germany came from behind to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1 on Thursday while Spain needed an 85th minute winner to edge South Korea 1-0 in World Cup warmup games, eight days before the tournament starts.
Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko threatened an upset in Frankfurt with a 15th-minute strike for non-qualifier Bosnia, which led at halftime.
But Philip Lahm equalized in the 51st and Schweinsteiger fired home penalties in the 73rd and 78th to give the three-time champion Germans a boost ahead of their first Group D game against Australia in Durban on June 13. They go on to face Serbia and Ghana in one of the toughest groups.
"We produced good performances. We created many chances but unfortunately we didn't use them all," Lahm said. "We are going to South Africa with a very good feeling."
Spain's winner was a 25-yard shot and a first in national colors for midfielder Jesus Navas as coach Vicente Del Bosque fielded many of his backup players in the Austrian city of Innsbruck.
Cesc Fabregas made his first appearance since cracking a bone in his leg playing for Arsenal against Barcelona in the Champions League in April and played the first hour without making any major impact.
The two teams used the venue and nearby training camp to get used to playing at high altitude, where many of their games will be in South Africa.
Spain's first game at the World Cup, however, will be at sea level at Durban against Switzerland before the European champions move to higher ground to take on Honduras at Johannesburg's Ellis Park and Chile in nearby Pretoria.
The South Koreans start off against Greece at Port Elizabeth but then take on Argentina at Johannesburg's Soccer City and its third group game is against Nigeria at Durban.
Coming off a 3-0 win in Hungary, the Germans were missing five players because of injuries. Germany will send its second-youngest team to the World Cup. Only the team for the inaugural World Cup in 1934 was younger.
Germany coach Joachim Loew had Lahm, the new captain for the injured Michael Ballack, playing as right back and Holger Badstuber, the newcomer from Bayern Munich, as left back. Another surprise was Hamburg midfielder Piotr Trochowski in the starting 11.
"We still have more than a week before our opening game against Australia (June 13) and I am not thinking yet of the starting 11," Loew said.
"Despite hard training in the past two weeks we were able to step up the pace in the second half and I am pleased with that. We have a good team, we have a good spirit, we can play a good tournament in South Africa."
Loew used only one striker, veteran Miroslav Klose, who is traveling to his third World Cup although he spent most of the season on the bench of Bayern Munich. Klose was top scorer of the 2006 World Cup at home and has 10 goals over two tournaments.
Germany picked Bosnia as its last warm-up opponent to get a taste of what it could expect from Serbia, its second Group D rival in South Africa. There was also a bit of the South African atmosphere, with many fans blowing vuvuzelas.
"We played well, at least in some stages and should have scored a couple of more goals," Schweinsteiger said.
In Friday's warmup games, France takes on China at the Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, Slovenia hosts New Zealand in Maribor and Japan plays the Ivory Coast at Sion in Switzerland.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
