Germany vs. Australia

Sorry about all the World Cup talk, but there's nothing else for me to write about. Germany have had a hard series of injuries to vital players who would surely make the starting 11. First, national keeper Robert Enke committed suicide in November. Then Simon Rolfes, Rene Adler, and Michael Ballack all went out with knee injuries. Finally, a few days before the world cup, Haiko Westermann picked up an injury in a friendly. Despite all this, the Germans put on a great show of patient, precision passing and great goalscoring abilities. Their defense was well organized and they only made one mistake back there in the entire game. But their offense was amazing. They would work the bgall around the middle for a while and then pass it wide to Mueller or Podolski, who would either cross or lay it back to a forward, which almost always resulted in a goalscoring opportunity. But I think that my favorite thing about this game is that Miroslav Klose broke his 13 game goalless streak with a powerful header, putting him in a tie for the 2nd top German World Cup goalscorer of all time.