Wednesday 7th July 2010 - Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban - Att. 60,960
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
LINEUPS:
South Korea (451): Ryong, Ri, Pyo, Jin, LJ Soo, Yueng, Woo, Hun, Young (Yeoul 70'), PJ Sung, Yong (Gook 62')
Japan (433): Kawashima, Komano, Nagatomo (Uchida 86'), Nakazawa, Tanaka, Abe, Endo, Hasebe (Konno 62'), Honda, Okubo, Matsui (Inamoto 77')
With Hyung suspended Korea opted for Kim Dong Jin as his replacement in defence while Japan had a full lineup. The opening ten minutes saw both teams sizing up their opponents and Japan was the first to take a chance when Endo intercepted a ball and ran past the defence into the box before Ryong pushed his shot onto the post and away.
South Korea then hit the target on a free kick. Park Ji Sung received a pass from Hun before Marcus Tulio Tanaka crashed into him; Kawashima at full stretch to keep the game goalless. The next twenty minutes couldn't go by fast enough with no action to speak of, but South Korea had the next goalscoring opportunity through Young who headed the ball wide after Woo put in a fine run and chip for the striker to get onto.
The second half started with Ryong pulling out a great save on a direct free kick and Endo heading well wide on a Nakazawa cross. The hour mark came and went and with it the first goal of this semifinal. A lapse in focus from Park Ji Sung gave Yasuhito Endo the opportunity to intercept his crossfield ball, move forward a little, and send the ball flying into the top corner from thirty yards.
Three minutes later and Honda wasted his chance to double Japan's lead by heading the ball straight at Ryong while a later shot by Konno was sent over the bar. Park Ji Sung was eager to make up for his earlier mistake and some great play ended at the feet of Yeom Ki Hun who ran out of room before he could take his shot.
The finale came with Japan celebrating a second goal to cement their place in the World Cup final, Tanaka following up to curl it into the corner after Konno had his shot saved the goalies legs.
South Korea 0 - 2 Japan
Goalscorers:
JPN Endo 61'
JPN Tanaka 90'
Discipline:
JPN Tanaka 13'
KOR PJ Sung 13'
KOR Jin 48'
Man of the Match:
JPN Yoshito Okubo
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Monday, 10 September 2012
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Final Score - WC2010 Second Round, Netherlands vs New Zealand
Monday 28th June 2010 - Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban - Att. 61,962
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
LINEUPS:
Netherlands (451): Vorm, van der Wiel, van Bronckhorst, Heitinga, Mathijsen (Afellay 79'), de Jong, Sneijder, van Bommel (Braafheid 105'), van Persie (Huntelaar 55'), Babel, Robben
New Zealand (343): Paston, Reid, Smith, Nelson, Lochhead, Bertos, Elliott, Vicelich (Clapham 58'), Fallon (Brockie 90'), Wood (McGlinchy 72'), Killen
It was a big day for Holland's Michel Vorm as he had to star this second round match in goal with Stekelenberg suspended, and Ryan Babel got another chance playing up front for the injured Kuyt. For New Zealand they chose to start Chris Wood in attack for a suspended Shane Semltz.
New Zealand held their own against one of the tournament favourites in a match that could have gone either way. They were helped in the 34th minute when Nigel de Jong received his second yellow card of the day to put the Netherlands down to ten men. Prior to this Holland had chances for van Persie and Babel but one was too high and the second deflected for a simple save.
Immediately after the sending off New Zealand had their first look at goal but Rory Fallon headed Smith's cross wide of goal. The first half concluded after another chance for both sides. van Bommel latched onto a poor punch by Paston but shot well wide, and Tommy Smith ran hard to get onto a low free kick only to smash it into the stands.
New Zealand then really should have taken the lead on the hour mark but Vorm proved his worth by getting down very low to stop Wood's fierce effort. The second half as a whole though was a careful affair leading to an even more careful extra time so it would all come down to penalties. Both sides held their nerve extremely well, giving Holland a 6-5 lead, until Michael McGlinchy crashed his shot against the crossbar to end the dream.
Netherlands 0 AET 0 New Zealand, Netherlands win 6-5 on penalties
Goalscorers:
None
Penalties:
NED Babel, Sniedjer, Robben, van der Wiel, Huntelaar, van Bronckhorst
NZL Reid, Killen, Brockie, Elliott, Lochhead,McGlinchy
Discipline:
NED de Jong 6'
NED de Jong 34' (off)
NED Babel 51'
Man of the Match:
NZL Winston Reid
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
LINEUPS:
Netherlands (451): Vorm, van der Wiel, van Bronckhorst, Heitinga, Mathijsen (Afellay 79'), de Jong, Sneijder, van Bommel (Braafheid 105'), van Persie (Huntelaar 55'), Babel, Robben
New Zealand (343): Paston, Reid, Smith, Nelson, Lochhead, Bertos, Elliott, Vicelich (Clapham 58'), Fallon (Brockie 90'), Wood (McGlinchy 72'), Killen
It was a big day for Holland's Michel Vorm as he had to star this second round match in goal with Stekelenberg suspended, and Ryan Babel got another chance playing up front for the injured Kuyt. For New Zealand they chose to start Chris Wood in attack for a suspended Shane Semltz.
New Zealand held their own against one of the tournament favourites in a match that could have gone either way. They were helped in the 34th minute when Nigel de Jong received his second yellow card of the day to put the Netherlands down to ten men. Prior to this Holland had chances for van Persie and Babel but one was too high and the second deflected for a simple save.
Immediately after the sending off New Zealand had their first look at goal but Rory Fallon headed Smith's cross wide of goal. The first half concluded after another chance for both sides. van Bommel latched onto a poor punch by Paston but shot well wide, and Tommy Smith ran hard to get onto a low free kick only to smash it into the stands.
New Zealand then really should have taken the lead on the hour mark but Vorm proved his worth by getting down very low to stop Wood's fierce effort. The second half as a whole though was a careful affair leading to an even more careful extra time so it would all come down to penalties. Both sides held their nerve extremely well, giving Holland a 6-5 lead, until Michael McGlinchy crashed his shot against the crossbar to end the dream.
Netherlands 0 AET 0 New Zealand, Netherlands win 6-5 on penalties
Goalscorers:
None
Penalties:
NED Babel, Sniedjer, Robben, van der Wiel, Huntelaar, van Bronckhorst
NZL Reid, Killen, Brockie, Elliott, Lochhead,
Discipline:
NED de Jong 6'
NED de Jong 34' (off)
NED Babel 51'
Man of the Match:
NZL Winston Reid
Monday, 6 August 2012
Final Score - WC2010 Group G, Portugal vs Brazil
Firday 25th June 2010 - Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban - Att. 62,712
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
LINEUPS:
Portugal (433): Eduardo, Costa, Coentrao, Carvalho, B Alves, Mendes, Tiago, Meireles (Miguel 80'), Ronaldo (Amorim 78'), Almeida, Danny (Veloso 62')
Brazil (451): Cesar, Maicon, Bastos, Lucio, Juan, Silva (Josue 45'), Melo, D Alves (Kleberson 72'), Fabiano, Kaka, Robinho (Grafite 76')
Portugal had their backs to the wall in the opening fifteen minutes, bravely blocking shots from Robinho and Fabiano before the latter put another chance over the bar. After this chance Eduardo's goal kick started things moving the other way, with Costa riding his luck on a heavily deflected pass that went behind for a corner. On the set piece Meireles's header was blocked but Hugo Almeida, who started the match in place of the suspended Simao, roofed the loose ball.
The first half continued with Portugal getting in the way of Brazilian chances, including a third effort from Fabiano that deflected behind. When the South Americans did have a clear look at goal Kaka headed wide. At halftime Brazil took off Gilberto Silva after he had picked up a knock and his replacement Josue started the first real attack ten minutes into the second period when he first intercepted a pass and then crossed for Kaka to shoot at the keeper without power.
Portugal's chance to double their lead came in the 67th minute when Meireles found Almeida in a prime spot but his effort proved to be an easy save for Cesar. From then on the game lost the rest of it's gusto and the teams played out the 1-0 win for Portugal to put both sides through to the second round.
Portugal 1 - 0 Brazil
Goalscorers:
POR Almeida 17'
Discipline:
BRA Melo 2'
POR Danny 13'
Man of the Match:
POR Tiago / BRA Maicon
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
LINEUPS:
Portugal (433): Eduardo, Costa, Coentrao, Carvalho, B Alves, Mendes, Tiago, Meireles (Miguel 80'), Ronaldo (Amorim 78'), Almeida, Danny (Veloso 62')
Brazil (451): Cesar, Maicon, Bastos, Lucio, Juan, Silva (Josue 45'), Melo, D Alves (Kleberson 72'), Fabiano, Kaka, Robinho (Grafite 76')
Portugal had their backs to the wall in the opening fifteen minutes, bravely blocking shots from Robinho and Fabiano before the latter put another chance over the bar. After this chance Eduardo's goal kick started things moving the other way, with Costa riding his luck on a heavily deflected pass that went behind for a corner. On the set piece Meireles's header was blocked but Hugo Almeida, who started the match in place of the suspended Simao, roofed the loose ball.
The first half continued with Portugal getting in the way of Brazilian chances, including a third effort from Fabiano that deflected behind. When the South Americans did have a clear look at goal Kaka headed wide. At halftime Brazil took off Gilberto Silva after he had picked up a knock and his replacement Josue started the first real attack ten minutes into the second period when he first intercepted a pass and then crossed for Kaka to shoot at the keeper without power.
Portugal's chance to double their lead came in the 67th minute when Meireles found Almeida in a prime spot but his effort proved to be an easy save for Cesar. From then on the game lost the rest of it's gusto and the teams played out the 1-0 win for Portugal to put both sides through to the second round.
Portugal 1 - 0 Brazil
Goalscorers:
POR Almeida 17'
Discipline:
BRA Melo 2'
POR Danny 13'
Man of the Match:
POR Tiago / BRA Maicon
| GROUP G | ||||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| North Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
Friday, 27 July 2012
Final Score - WC2010 Group B, Nigeria vs South Korea
Tuesday 22nd June 2010 - Durban Stadium, Durban - Att. 61,874
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
LINEUPS:
Nigeria (451): Enyeama, Odiah, Taiwo, Yobo (Afolabi 74'), Shittu, Etuhu, Haruna, Kalta (Ayila 39'), Ayegbeni, Uche (Ejide 53'), Obasi
South Korea (451): Ryong, Ri, Pyo (KM Soo 77'), Hyung, LJ Soo, Yueng, Woo, Hun (Kyung 63'), Young, PJ Sung (Yeoul 86'), Yong
Park Ji Sung scored his second from the penalty spot in as many games to lock up Group B for the South Koreans as they march on into the second round. The big incident occurred five minutes after the restart when Woo put in Lee Chung Yong only for him to be brought down by the keeper. Vincent Enyeama was quickly given the red card before Sung dispatched his kick past the substitute Austin Ejide.
The first half was quite even with both teams threatening the goal without really testing the goalies. Nigeria clipped the crossbar through Kalta in the 6th minute and South Korea's best chance came off the head of Yong who got under the ball and sent it high. After the penalty the game petered out a little and South Korea could not finish off their opponents. Ejide did his part for Nigeria in stopping both Young with his shoulder and Yong with fingertips, but the shorthanded team in front of him could not generate much interest around the Korean box.
Nigeria 0 - 1 South Korea
Goalscorers:
KOR PJ Sung 51'
Discipline:
NGA Enyeama 50' (Off)
Man of the Match:
NGA Taye Taiwo
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
LINEUPS:
Nigeria (451): Enyeama, Odiah, Taiwo, Yobo (Afolabi 74'), Shittu, Etuhu, Haruna, Kalta (Ayila 39'), Ayegbeni, Uche (Ejide 53'), Obasi
South Korea (451): Ryong, Ri, Pyo (KM Soo 77'), Hyung, LJ Soo, Yueng, Woo, Hun (Kyung 63'), Young, PJ Sung (Yeoul 86'), Yong
Park Ji Sung scored his second from the penalty spot in as many games to lock up Group B for the South Koreans as they march on into the second round. The big incident occurred five minutes after the restart when Woo put in Lee Chung Yong only for him to be brought down by the keeper. Vincent Enyeama was quickly given the red card before Sung dispatched his kick past the substitute Austin Ejide.
The first half was quite even with both teams threatening the goal without really testing the goalies. Nigeria clipped the crossbar through Kalta in the 6th minute and South Korea's best chance came off the head of Yong who got under the ball and sent it high. After the penalty the game petered out a little and South Korea could not finish off their opponents. Ejide did his part for Nigeria in stopping both Young with his shoulder and Yong with fingertips, but the shorthanded team in front of him could not generate much interest around the Korean box.
Nigeria 0 - 1 South Korea
Goalscorers:
KOR PJ Sung 51'
Discipline:
NGA Enyeama 50' (Off)
Man of the Match:
NGA Taye Taiwo
| GROUP B | ||||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Final Score - WC2010 Group E, Netherlands vs Japan
Saturday 19th June 2010 - Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban - Att.62,010
Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
LINEUPS:
Netherlands (451): Stekelenburg, van der Wiel, van Bronckhorst, Heitinga, Mathijsen, de Jong, Schnijder, van Bommel (de Zeeuw 62'), van Persie (Schaars 87'), Huntelaar (Elia 72'), Robben
Japan (433): Kawashima, Komaro, Nagatomo, Nakazawa, Tanaka, Abe (K. Nakamura 54'), Endo, Hasebe (Inamoto 62'), Honda, Okubo, Matsui (Yano 83')
When Dirk Kuyt limped off an hour into Holland's big win over Denmark few suspected the injury would be severe enough to put him out for the remainder of the tournament. Klaas Jan Huntelaar got the start in his place today, and he came the closest to scoring when in the 31st minutevan Bommel pulled the ball back to him but an excellent save from Kawashima foiled that effort. The Japanese goalie also stopped Huntelaar in the second half with van Bronckhorst following up to send the rebound a yard wide.
Stekelenberg had little to do at the other end. His biggest test came off the foot of Endo after an excellent feed from Matsui found him alone in the box, but the shot was too close to the Dutch keeper. Nigel de Jong put in a strong performance in midfield, breaking up attacks and making some impressive passes, but in the end the difference maker in the match was in the Japan goal.
Netherlands 0 - 0 Japan
Goalscorers:
None
Discipline:
NED van Bommel 34'
JAP Tanaka 71'
NED Robben 71'
JAP K. Nakamura 86'
JAP Yano 90'
Man of the Match:
JAP Eiji Kawashima
Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
LINEUPS:
Netherlands (451): Stekelenburg, van der Wiel, van Bronckhorst, Heitinga, Mathijsen, de Jong, Schnijder, van Bommel (de Zeeuw 62'), van Persie (Schaars 87'), Huntelaar (Elia 72'), Robben
Japan (433): Kawashima, Komaro, Nagatomo, Nakazawa, Tanaka, Abe (K. Nakamura 54'), Endo, Hasebe (Inamoto 62'), Honda, Okubo, Matsui (Yano 83')
When Dirk Kuyt limped off an hour into Holland's big win over Denmark few suspected the injury would be severe enough to put him out for the remainder of the tournament. Klaas Jan Huntelaar got the start in his place today, and he came the closest to scoring when in the 31st minutevan Bommel pulled the ball back to him but an excellent save from Kawashima foiled that effort. The Japanese goalie also stopped Huntelaar in the second half with van Bronckhorst following up to send the rebound a yard wide.
Stekelenberg had little to do at the other end. His biggest test came off the foot of Endo after an excellent feed from Matsui found him alone in the box, but the shot was too close to the Dutch keeper. Nigel de Jong put in a strong performance in midfield, breaking up attacks and making some impressive passes, but in the end the difference maker in the match was in the Japan goal.
Netherlands 0 - 0 Japan
Goalscorers:
None
Discipline:
NED van Bommel 34'
JAP Tanaka 71'
NED Robben 71'
JAP K. Nakamura 86'
JAP Yano 90'
Man of the Match:
JAP Eiji Kawashima
| GROUP E | ||||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
Sunday, 8 July 2012
Final Score - WC2010 Group H, Spain vs Switzerland
Wednesday 16th June 2010 - Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban. Att: 62,453
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
LINEUPS:
Spain (442): Casilias, Ramos, Capdevila, Puyol, Pique (Fabregas 68'), Busquets, Alonso, Xavi (Silva 68'), Villa, Torres, Iniesta (Navas 86')
Switzerland (442): Benaglio, Lichtsteiner, Ziegler, Grichting, von Bergen, Huggel, Inler (Behrami 61'), Barnetta, Nkufo (Padalino 82'), Derdiyok, Fernandez (Frei 61')
Spain did enough to win, even without their usual amount of possession, and it only took four minutes for Fernando Torres to finish off Iniesta's neatly chipped ball into the box. After that Switzerland were able to exert some pressure on one of the tournament favourites with Eren Derdiyok unlucky to not score on Nkufo's far post cross; his header blocked on the line. The resulting corner found Derdiyok again but Iker Casillas was quick to save.
The Swiss continued to enjoy passages of play where they probed around the Spanish defence without much penetration, and Spain had more chances to score but Alonso (over) and Pique (wide) missed in good scoring positions.
Switzerland came close to equalising early in the second half when Derdiyok turned provider, his strong run and cross unrewarded when Blaise Nkufo completely missed the ball with a lot of goal to shoot at. Six minutes later and the game was over with Spain piling on the Swiss through a series of corners, ultimately making one count through Andres Iniesta.
The final talking point was a second yellow card to Reto Zeigler to make him the third player sent off in two days. He will be unavailable for the Switzerland v Chile game.
Spain 2 - 0 Switzerland
Goalscorers:
ESP Torres 4'
ESP Iniesta 60'
Discipline:
SUI Zeigler 29'
ESP Pique 46'
SUI Zeigler 73' (Off)
Man of the Match:
ESP Andres Iniesta
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
LINEUPS:
Spain (442): Casilias, Ramos, Capdevila, Puyol, Pique (Fabregas 68'), Busquets, Alonso, Xavi (Silva 68'), Villa, Torres, Iniesta (Navas 86')
Switzerland (442): Benaglio, Lichtsteiner, Ziegler, Grichting, von Bergen, Huggel, Inler (Behrami 61'), Barnetta, Nkufo (Padalino 82'), Derdiyok, Fernandez (Frei 61')
Spain did enough to win, even without their usual amount of possession, and it only took four minutes for Fernando Torres to finish off Iniesta's neatly chipped ball into the box. After that Switzerland were able to exert some pressure on one of the tournament favourites with Eren Derdiyok unlucky to not score on Nkufo's far post cross; his header blocked on the line. The resulting corner found Derdiyok again but Iker Casillas was quick to save.
The Swiss continued to enjoy passages of play where they probed around the Spanish defence without much penetration, and Spain had more chances to score but Alonso (over) and Pique (wide) missed in good scoring positions.
Switzerland came close to equalising early in the second half when Derdiyok turned provider, his strong run and cross unrewarded when Blaise Nkufo completely missed the ball with a lot of goal to shoot at. Six minutes later and the game was over with Spain piling on the Swiss through a series of corners, ultimately making one count through Andres Iniesta.
The final talking point was a second yellow card to Reto Zeigler to make him the third player sent off in two days. He will be unavailable for the Switzerland v Chile game.
Spain 2 - 0 Switzerland
Goalscorers:
ESP Torres 4'
ESP Iniesta 60'
Discipline:
SUI Zeigler 29'
ESP Pique 46'
SUI Zeigler 73' (Off)
Man of the Match:
ESP Andres Iniesta
| GROUP H | ||||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| Chile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| Honduras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Saturday, 30 June 2012
Final Score - WC2010 Group D, Germany vs Australia
Sunday 13th June 2010 - Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban. Att: 62,660
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodriguez (Mexico)
LINEUPS:
Germany (451): Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Friedrich, Mertesacker, Schweinsteiger, Oezil (Marin 61'), Khedira, Klose (Kiessling 87'), Podolski, Mueller (Gomez 70')
Australia (451): Schwarzer, Wilkshire, Carney, Neill, Moore (Vidosic 61'), Valeri, Holman, Cahill (Grella 81'), Kennedy, Culina, Emerton (Kewell 61')
A convincing German victory was not going to surprise many but the score does not reflect the whole match. Australia played a hard and generally fair game but this strategy brought about an early chance for Miroslav Klose when David Carney brought down the striker in the penalty area. Klose himself stepped up to take the spot kick and cooly gave Germany a 1-0 lead after only ten minutes.
The Australians then found themselves competing with their opponents and had a sudden rush of chances through some well rehearsed set pieces. After Lahm had fouled Tim Cahill, earning him a lecture from the referee, the free kick was played square to Jason Culina whose long range effort was tipped round the post by Neuer in spectacular fashion. The resulting corner ended up at the feet of Kennedy who rattled the post, and another corner soon after forced Neuer to make another stop at his near post; Holman with that chance.
After this sudden swing in momentum Germany all but won the game before half time. First Klose scored again, Boateng's excellent pass splitting the defence for him. That was followed by another great pass, this time from Podolski, finding Sami Khedira who beat his marker and stuck it into the bottom corner. Australia continued to have chances in the second half, Kennedy again beating Neuer but shooting too high. The Germans then added some icing with Khedira winning a battle with Cahill and feeding Mario Gomez for a breakaway goal.
Germany 4 - 0 Australia
Goalscorers:
GER Klose 11'
GER Klose 38'
GER Khedira 45'
GER Gomez 73'
Discipline:
AUS Carney 10'
AUS Emerton 10'
Man of the Match:
GER Miroslav Klose
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodriguez (Mexico)
LINEUPS:
Germany (451): Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Friedrich, Mertesacker, Schweinsteiger, Oezil (Marin 61'), Khedira, Klose (Kiessling 87'), Podolski, Mueller (Gomez 70')
Australia (451): Schwarzer, Wilkshire, Carney, Neill, Moore (Vidosic 61'), Valeri, Holman, Cahill (Grella 81'), Kennedy, Culina, Emerton (Kewell 61')
A convincing German victory was not going to surprise many but the score does not reflect the whole match. Australia played a hard and generally fair game but this strategy brought about an early chance for Miroslav Klose when David Carney brought down the striker in the penalty area. Klose himself stepped up to take the spot kick and cooly gave Germany a 1-0 lead after only ten minutes.
The Australians then found themselves competing with their opponents and had a sudden rush of chances through some well rehearsed set pieces. After Lahm had fouled Tim Cahill, earning him a lecture from the referee, the free kick was played square to Jason Culina whose long range effort was tipped round the post by Neuer in spectacular fashion. The resulting corner ended up at the feet of Kennedy who rattled the post, and another corner soon after forced Neuer to make another stop at his near post; Holman with that chance.
After this sudden swing in momentum Germany all but won the game before half time. First Klose scored again, Boateng's excellent pass splitting the defence for him. That was followed by another great pass, this time from Podolski, finding Sami Khedira who beat his marker and stuck it into the bottom corner. Australia continued to have chances in the second half, Kennedy again beating Neuer but shooting too high. The Germans then added some icing with Khedira winning a battle with Cahill and feeding Mario Gomez for a breakaway goal.
Germany 4 - 0 Australia
Goalscorers:
GER Klose 11'
GER Klose 38'
GER Khedira 45'
GER Gomez 73'
Discipline:
AUS Carney 10'
AUS Emerton 10'
Man of the Match:
GER Miroslav Klose
| GROUP D | ||||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
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