Jurgen Klinsmann insists he will take no interest in Germany's World Cup second round opponents until after Tuesday's final Group A game with Ecuador.

Having qualified for the knockout stages after two games, the hosts' head coach gave his squad today off to spend as they wish before coming back to work on Saturday afternoon.

When they return, they will be given the low-down on Ecuador, but not Sweden or England, who they could face in the next round.

"We are going to spend the afternoon watching videos of Ecuador and the rest of our free time will be spent concentrating on our next opponent," said Klinsmann.

"At the moment, we are not thinking about the second round. We saw Sweden play yesterday and saw their first game on television and of course they are a side which need respect, but we will only talk about them if it does actually come to a Germany-Sweden second-round tie."

Klinsmann expects his players to be equally focused on the task in hand and is not concerned they will abuse their 24 hours of freedom from the team's hotel complex in Berlin.

"I think they are all professional and adult enough not to create any problems," added Klinsmann.

"I certainly don't expect to find any of them in Berlin discos at two or three in the morning.

"We are all doing everything we can for a successful World Cup and you can see that in the way we are training and playing.

"That is why I think it is right to let them go away and do what they want and meet back later."

Michael Ballack, Oliver Kahn and Bastian Schweinsteiger have chartered a jet to take them back to Munich, however Bayern full-back Philipp Lahm will spend his free time relaxing and undergoing more physiotherapy on the foot injury which almost ruled him out of the tournament.

In the opening two games, the full-back has shown how crucial he is to Klinsmann's side, and what a loss he would have been had he not made it.

"We are all delighted to see the level at which Lahm has played in the first two games," said Klinsmann.

"He has excellent qualities and reads the game like hardly anybody else.

"He never gets flustered and even if there are three opponents around him, he manages to find a solution.

"I think he has already proved he is at an international level."

Despite the euphoria surrounding the hosts' start to the tournament, for the 22-year-old defender it is simply a case of business as usual.

"Not a lot has changed," he admitted. "I am living as I normally would and still playing table tennis every day."

For Lahm, the fact he even made it to the tournament makes everything else a bonus.

"After being injured three weeks before the World Cup, I really didn't expect to be involved in the opening game," he admitted.

"Fortunately, everything went well after the operation and I had my family, who stood by me.

"I've also got to thank the doctors, physiotherapists and medical staff for the job they have done in getting me back to fitness and the coaching team for their support."

While he is pleased to receive the plaudits, and the reported interest from Chelsea, Lahm's priority is paying back the faith Klinsmann has placed in him and the work the doctors did to get him back on his feet.

"It is an honour to have such a club interested in me, but there is the World Cup in my own country at the moment," he said.

"I'm not interested in who is looking at me - we are one round further and closer to our aim and that is what counts."