Germany 4-0 Australia
Goals ~ Podolski'8, Klose'26, Muller'68, Cacau'70
Red card ~ Cahill'56
MATCH SUMMARY
# Man of the Match: Lukas Podolski - He may not have fired for his club this season, but Podolski always turns it on for his country. Playing wide left, he netted a great early goal and provided a constant attacking threat throughout with his pace and vision on the ball.
Note: Official MOM - Lukas Podolski (Germany)
# Germany verdict: An attacking line-up, with Bastian Schweinsteiger playing deeper than usual, gave them licence to control the flow of the game. Germany made more passes in one half than South Africa, Uruguay, USA and Nigeria completed in their entire matches and it showed. Total domination.
# Australia verdict: Without playing a striker, the Socceroos were always going to struggle to peg Germany back. Tim Cahill had a great early chance from a header, but there was precious little possession or space for them to mount any decent attacks.
# Could do better: Craig Moore - He hasn't had a club since March, and Moore looked way out of his depth. Being screamed at constantly by Lucas Neill, the central defender found himself out of position on more than one occasion and did not have the pace to make amends.
# Stat attack: Klose scored his 11th World Cup goal, which ties him with Jurgen Klinsmann and Sandor Kocsis for fifth in World Cup history. Klose also becomes sixth German player to score at three straight World Cups.
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