Germany are in the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup after a surprisingly comfortable 4-0 victory over Argentina at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town.
Thomas Müller headed the Germans ahead after just three minutes and Joachim Löw's men never looked like surrendering the lead.
Miroslav Klose extended the lead in the 67th minute as he tapped home into an empty net after being fed by Lukas Podolski.
It was 3-0 on 74 minutes when the impressive Bastian Schweinsteiger waltzed past the Argentina defence before rolling the ball across to Arne Friedrich to slide in his first international goal.
Amazingly there was still more to come a minute from time when Klose volleyed home from close range to draw level with Gerd Müller on 14 goals at World Cup finals.
Lineups:
Argentina: Sergio Romero; Nicolas Otamendi (Javier Pastore, 70), Martín Demichelis, Nicolás Burdisso, Gabriel Heinze; Maxi Rodríguez, Javier Mascherano, Ángel di María (Sergio Agüero, 75); Lionel Messi; Carlos Tévez, Gonzalo Higuaín
Germany: Manuel Neuer; Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker, Arne Friedrich, Jérôme Boateng (Marcell Jansen, 72); Sami Khedira (Toni Kroos, 78), Bastian Schweinsteiger; Thomas Müller (Piotr Trochowski, 84), Mesut Özil, Lukas Podolski; Miroslav Klose
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Thomas Müller headed the Germans ahead after just three minutes and Joachim Löw's men never looked like surrendering the lead.
Miroslav Klose extended the lead in the 67th minute as he tapped home into an empty net after being fed by Lukas Podolski.
It was 3-0 on 74 minutes when the impressive Bastian Schweinsteiger waltzed past the Argentina defence before rolling the ball across to Arne Friedrich to slide in his first international goal.
Amazingly there was still more to come a minute from time when Klose volleyed home from close range to draw level with Gerd Müller on 14 goals at World Cup finals.
Lineups:
Argentina: Sergio Romero; Nicolas Otamendi (Javier Pastore, 70), Martín Demichelis, Nicolás Burdisso, Gabriel Heinze; Maxi Rodríguez, Javier Mascherano, Ángel di María (Sergio Agüero, 75); Lionel Messi; Carlos Tévez, Gonzalo Higuaín
Germany: Manuel Neuer; Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker, Arne Friedrich, Jérôme Boateng (Marcell Jansen, 72); Sami Khedira (Toni Kroos, 78), Bastian Schweinsteiger; Thomas Müller (Piotr Trochowski, 84), Mesut Özil, Lukas Podolski; Miroslav Klose
Statistics:
| Argentina | Germany | |
| 0 | Goals | 4 |
| 7 | Shots on target | 6 |
| 8 | Shots off target | 8 |
| 5 | Corners | 4 |
| 19 | Fouls | 10 |
| 6 | Offsides | 0 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 54 | Ball possession (%) | 46 |
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Also see:
- World Cup 2010 Second Round: Argentina 3-1 Mexico
- World Cup 2010 Second Round: Germany 4-1 England
- World Cup 2010 Group D: Ghana 0-1 Germany
- World Cup 2010 Group B: Greece 0-2 Argentina
- World Cup 2010 Group D: Germany 0-1 Serbia
- World Cup 2010 Group B: Argentina 4-1 South Korea
- World Cup 2010 Group D: Germany 4-0 Australia
- World Cup 2010 Group B: Argentina 1-0 Nigeria
