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:01:02. > :01:11.matches and banned for four months from any football related activity.

:01:12. > :01:19.Fifa have acted quickly and they have banned Luis Suarez for nine

:01:20. > :01:25.matches and activity in football performance. We will not be able to

:01:26. > :01:28.play club football until at least November. Allen, did you see that as

:01:29. > :01:33.a strong punishment or a lenient punishment? I think it's in the

:01:34. > :01:36.middle ground and I think it's fair. Some people think it should be

:01:37. > :01:44.harsher, some people will think it should be more lenient. Obviously,

:01:45. > :01:47.the worrying thing for any Liverpool supporter is that there was very

:01:48. > :01:52.little or no provocation this time, the same as with Branislav Ivanovic.

:01:53. > :01:56.Will he do it again? From the Liverpool perspective, they have to

:01:57. > :02:00.draw a line under this and say, one more indiscretion, and it's over.

:02:01. > :02:04.There is a lot of talk that he might not be a Liverpool player for much

:02:05. > :02:10.longer. Will it affect a transfer? Heavy rumours about Barcelona. If

:02:11. > :02:14.you have the talent and ability Luis Suarez has, everybody will be

:02:15. > :02:18.wanting him. I think it's terribly sad for the game of football and

:02:19. > :02:22.terribly sad for Suarez, because after Branislav Ivanovic he won the

:02:23. > :02:27.hearts and minds of everyone in the UK by the way he played on the

:02:28. > :02:33.pitch. And we thought that that sort of behaviour had ended, but here we

:02:34. > :02:37.go again. Philip, we have a further enlargement on the statement from

:02:38. > :02:41.Fifa. It says, such behaviour cannot be tolerated on any football pitch,

:02:42. > :02:45.and in particular not at a Fifa World Cup when the eyes are on the

:02:46. > :02:51.stars on the field. It's a fair point. They have to make an example.

:02:52. > :02:55.I think Fifa have got it spot on. The locals cannot believe it's been

:02:56. > :02:59.made so dramatic in England. We have seen it two or three times in

:03:00. > :03:02.England and I think Fifa have got it spot on, and he needs to learn you

:03:03. > :03:07.cannot do that on a football pitch. Brad, what is your feeling on the

:03:08. > :03:13.sentence? I think it's completely fair. I think Fifa acted swiftly.

:03:14. > :03:19.Like Philip said, there was a lot of for Rory here, but round here they

:03:20. > :03:24.did not think it was as big a deal as they did -- for raw. I think it

:03:25. > :03:28.is the longest punishment ever handed out in a World Cup. I think

:03:29. > :03:37.the previous one was eight games given for an elbow on Lewis

:03:38. > :03:43.Henrique, who is funnily enough now the Barcelona manager. He might

:03:44. > :03:48.conceivably do it again at any time. You can never condone it. You

:03:49. > :03:53.understand if people are elbowing him, but the Ivanovic one, it was

:03:54. > :03:59.the same, no provocation. He should probably seek help. You would

:04:00. > :04:03.imagine so. The live game is all about one man, Jurgen Klinsmann won

:04:04. > :04:07.the World Cup with Germany, coached them to a semifinal and now he faces

:04:08. > :04:10.Germany, hoping to guide the USA to the knockout stages of the World

:04:11. > :04:19.Cup. It's been a long journey for the Baker from Scott card. --

:04:20. > :04:24.Stuttgart. There was once upon a time, a dear boy who lived happily

:04:25. > :04:29.in a small town in the forest. He helped his mother and father in

:04:30. > :04:49.their little bakery. The boy was a very special boy, blessed with an

:04:50. > :04:54.extraordinary talent. They called him the Klinsi Bread Man. He was a

:04:55. > :04:57.special boy, but he kept falling over. One day he travelled to a

:04:58. > :05:03.far-away land, and those people 's hearts filled with love for him to.

:05:04. > :05:10.All the while, at the bakery, life carried on. Until one day, he came

:05:11. > :05:20.joyously home and was welcomed as a hero again. A German World Cup. How

:05:21. > :05:31.far can Klinsmann take them? A fairy tale goes on. Two minutes of extra

:05:32. > :05:35.time to go. Italy are in dreamland. His people thanked him, and with a

:05:36. > :05:46.heavy heart, the Klinsi Bread Man went forth again.

:05:47. > :05:58.The USA are not quite there yet. And it's Germany next.

:05:59. > :06:04.Yes, Jurgen Klinsmann really is a qualified Baker and work to the

:06:05. > :06:11.family firm. He also won the German Bake Off last year. Actually, I made

:06:12. > :06:14.that up. There has been torrential rain in the host city today which

:06:15. > :06:18.has caused widespread flooding, and cars and buses really struggle to

:06:19. > :06:25.make their way to the game. Motorbikes as well. And the rain

:06:26. > :06:29.continues to pour, but the good news is that the pitch does not seem to

:06:30. > :06:32.be overly affected. The ball is bouncing well. A bit wet in the

:06:33. > :06:41.stands, of course, but the game will go on. That is not Steve McClaren.

:06:42. > :06:46.But all is well. We are going to get a game. The German and American

:06:47. > :06:51.teams have arrived safely at the stadium, and a draw would send both

:06:52. > :06:56.teams through, not that we are suggesting anything. In the other

:06:57. > :07:00.game in the group, Reynaldo's Portugal face a Ghana team seemingly

:07:01. > :07:05.in some disarray. -- Ronaldo's Portugal. Both need a win to have a

:07:06. > :07:10.chance of progressing, and you can see that behind the red button and

:07:11. > :07:19.on the BBC sport website. More on the Ghanaians. Two players have been

:07:20. > :07:23.sent home for alleging indiscipline but it doesn't seem to have affected

:07:24. > :07:27.the mood. A statement said those players had been suspended

:07:28. > :07:39.indefinitely as they used vulgar verbal insults towards the coach and

:07:40. > :07:46.said Muntari was guilty of an unprovoked physical attack on one

:07:47. > :07:47.member of the executive. This World Cup has all been about excitement,

:07:48. > :08:14.drama and goals. And Mats Hummels is there. Oh,

:08:15. > :08:21.straight off. Muller is there. It's 3-0. Schurrle now. Whipping that one

:08:22. > :08:29.in. That ratio is there, and Muller has a hat-trick.

:08:30. > :08:36.The USA making a bright start, and there might be a chance for Dempsey.

:08:37. > :08:40.What a start. A backheel to Ayew. 1-1.

:08:41. > :08:49.It's in! The stars and stripes are waving.

:08:50. > :09:04.Muller. Looking for Gotze. Found him all right. Not a bad cross from

:09:05. > :09:11.Harrison, it is 1-1. Lahm. Well anticipated by Asamoah Deanne. Super

:09:12. > :09:16.finish. -- Asamoah Gyan. It's in. Germany level. Miroslav Klose runs

:09:17. > :09:24.away to celebrate a record equalling goal. Not a good ball in. It's

:09:25. > :09:35.fallen kindly for nanny. Great start for Portugal. -- for Nani. Superb

:09:36. > :09:43.block on the line. Chance, it's the equaliser, a thunderbolt. Zusi. It

:09:44. > :09:51.is in. United States have turned the game on its head. Ronaldo's ball

:09:52. > :09:57.in. It is the substitute, deep into added time.

:09:58. > :10:01.Here is how the group stands before kick-off. Germany and the USA were

:10:02. > :10:10.progressive they avoid defeat. Portugal have to hope that the other

:10:11. > :10:14.result will go in their favour. The four goal defeat in the opening game

:10:15. > :10:20.makes that an even tall order for them. -- even taller.

:10:21. > :10:26.We all know that a draw would probably suit both sides, so any

:10:27. > :10:30.elements they might go that way? I don't think so. Both teams will go

:10:31. > :10:35.out to try and win from the beginning. If it gets to 15 minutes

:10:36. > :10:40.remaining, then we might see teams try to score, but not send so many

:10:41. > :10:45.bodies upfront. We have seen these things in history before, and

:10:46. > :10:49.Germany and Austria in 1982 springs to mind. You had a similar

:10:50. > :10:53.experience with Manchester United. It was in 1999 against Bayern Munich

:10:54. > :10:57.and both teams needed a draw to go through, and we were still flying

:10:58. > :11:01.forward after 70 minutes, and the Bayern Munich manager looked over to

:11:02. > :11:04.the bench, as if to say, what are you doing? At the start we did not

:11:05. > :11:06.understand, but about ten minutes later he understood that we wanted

:11:07. > :11:13.to relax a bit. It was just later he understood that we wanted

:11:14. > :11:19.response from Sir Alex? To start he thought he was looking for a fight.

:11:20. > :11:22.I think the Germans have to get back contract. They are one of the

:11:23. > :11:26.favourites to win the tournament and against the Portuguese we saw

:11:27. > :11:30.roofless, German efficiency. Against Ghana, they were all over the place.

:11:31. > :11:32.I don't think they have any great superstars in the

:11:33. > :11:35.I don't think they have any great do it collectively, and they have to

:11:36. > :11:36.get back on track. I honestly think Klinsmann has

:11:37. > :11:45.get back on track. I honestly think the USA but I can't see that

:11:46. > :11:46.get back on track. I honestly think get it down and play, they can win

:11:47. > :11:49.it easily. get it down and play, they can win

:11:50. > :11:51.the focus of much attention this evening but he's far from the only

:11:52. > :11:57.German connection in the American camp.

:11:58. > :12:04.revolution taking place stateside. Yergin the German has united the

:12:05. > :12:06.States, and his controversial side have already impressed

:12:07. > :12:10.States, and his controversial side summer. Klinsmann is not the only

:12:11. > :12:13.one in the American camp with a strong connection to the European

:12:14. > :12:18.motherland. Five German Americans were on his cosmopolitan plane to

:12:19. > :12:21.Brazil. At the end of the day you tell every player for the first time

:12:22. > :12:24.that it is their decision what nation they want to go with. They

:12:25. > :12:29.have to listen to their heart, because once you decide to go down

:12:30. > :12:33.that route and go with the United States, you have to do it 1000%. We

:12:34. > :12:40.were clear with that. It's not only a soccer decision, it's a huge

:12:41. > :12:41.were clear with that. It's not only life. Timothy Chandler and Jermaine

:12:42. > :12:44.Jones were already in the life. Timothy Chandler and Jermaine

:12:45. > :12:48.Klinsmann has persuaded others to life. Timothy Chandler and Jermaine

:12:49. > :12:54.swap bratwurst for buffalo wings and represent the home of the brave. My

:12:55. > :13:00.mum is German, she grew up in Munich, and my dad is American. I

:13:01. > :13:03.mum is German, she grew up in was born in Tampa, Florida. My mum

:13:04. > :13:07.is from Florida and my mum is from Germany. I was born in Germany,

:13:08. > :13:07.is from Florida and my mum is from mum is German, and my dad is

:13:08. > :13:13.American. Fabian mum is German, and my dad is

:13:14. > :13:17.Hoffenheim and won the European under 20 Championships with Germany,

:13:18. > :13:21.but his career path changed for ever after a call from an unknown number

:13:22. > :13:27.-- at Hoffenheim. I saw it was an American number. He talked to me in

:13:28. > :13:30.German and said it was him. Julian Green is coming through the back --

:13:31. > :13:33.ranks in Bayern Munich and was a recent recruit. Germany were keen to

:13:34. > :13:41.keep him in their ranks, but the persuasive powers of Klinsmann not

:13:42. > :13:45.be underestimated. I spoke to Jurgen Klinsmann and he gave me his trust.

:13:46. > :13:49.He believes in me. A lot of people are looking forward to seeing this

:13:50. > :13:52.kid play. They have already played their part. John Brooks couldn't

:13:53. > :13:59.quite believe what happened to him against Ghana. And Jermaine Jones

:14:00. > :14:05.was on target with a beauty in the agonising draw with Portugal. I

:14:06. > :14:08.always say that I wear the German jersey as well. I go out there, my

:14:09. > :14:15.mum is German, I learned football there, but now I am for America. So

:14:16. > :14:21.it all comes down to this in group G. The states, led by a German,

:14:22. > :14:28.against the Germans. We await a chewed tonic tussle. When the

:14:29. > :14:32.national anthems are played, I think I will stand for the German one and

:14:33. > :14:36.I represented the country more than a hundred times for them. But at the

:14:37. > :14:41.same time I feel deeply American as well. Once the game starts, I will

:14:42. > :14:48.become very competitive. And then I badly want to win the game.

:14:49. > :14:57.News has just come in that Luis Suarez has said that he will appeal

:14:58. > :15:01.against his nine match international ban and four months out of

:15:02. > :15:05.football. We will have more on that at the end of the programme. But

:15:06. > :15:08.talking about the German players and the USA team, we have spoken about

:15:09. > :15:12.this before, and it's interesting how the American public have taken

:15:13. > :15:15.to it. It is sort of a mix, but if they keep winning, it will go on. If

:15:16. > :15:19.they keep winning it when be a problem at all. Timothy Chandler, we

:15:20. > :15:23.spoke about that, because we thought that they thought Michael Parkhurst

:15:24. > :15:26.should have been involved. Julian Green was another one. They weren't

:15:27. > :15:31.that mixed about it, but he was a young player, untested, but he looks

:15:32. > :15:34.an exceptional talent and he could have played the Germany. I think

:15:35. > :15:44.it's great that the US that he chose them. It is grateful American soccer

:15:45. > :15:50.that they are doing really well, huge audiences back in America. This

:15:51. > :15:54.was when they scored. Slightly contrasting to these scenes when the

:15:55. > :16:00.last-minute equaliser against Portugal. There was a kind way back

:16:01. > :16:05.when Winnie would not have realised how bad that was but now they do, it

:16:06. > :16:09.is getting bigger and bigger. If we somehow go through today, we will

:16:10. > :16:15.see that in so many other cities. It will be party time and Jurgen

:16:16. > :16:22.Klinsmann will be writing more notes asking for more public holidays.

:16:23. > :16:28.Will Ferrell has personally volunteered to bite or the Germans

:16:29. > :16:33.if that is what it will take. -- over. Let's have a look at the

:16:34. > :16:40.American team. Tim Howard stays in goal. Cameron has been dropped after

:16:41. > :16:52.he struggled against Portugal. Gonzalez comes in. Brad Davis

:16:53. > :17:03.replaces the door you on the right. Clint Dempsey again upfront on his

:17:04. > :17:06.own -- Bedoya on the right. Tim Howard had a mixed game against

:17:07. > :17:12.Portugal. Yes, you cannot lay perfect every game but one thing

:17:13. > :17:15.that he did do, when he did make a mistake, especially on the one that

:17:16. > :17:19.looked to go through his hands onto the post he made a wonderful

:17:20. > :17:26.recovery save. He did the same and across the man. -- when a cross came

:17:27. > :17:30.in. She fell for the dummy, he is in a horrible position as a goalkeeper,

:17:31. > :17:36.he goes down to early, but a horrible position as a goalkeeper,

:17:37. > :17:41.a no-win situation. This is the one that looked to go through his hands,

:17:42. > :17:45.that is an awfully difficult save, he is going one way but he has a

:17:46. > :17:50.strong hand and tips it over the bar. This is another recovery save,

:17:51. > :17:56.the cross coming and that he did not deal with that well but he got up

:17:57. > :18:00.quick and made the recovery save again. We will need him to play well

:18:01. > :18:04.today if we are to have any chance of winning. Definitely one of their

:18:05. > :18:11.best players. He has been outstanding forever. You talk about

:18:12. > :18:17.reliability. He has amassed so much experience. He is the loyal servant,

:18:18. > :18:25.the solid citizen that Jurgen Klinsmann calls on. He might be very

:18:26. > :18:28.busy today as well I imagine? I would think so, we will need our big

:18:29. > :18:34.players coming to the front. We will need Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley,

:18:35. > :18:41.and we will need Tim Howard to come up big. You do not want goalkeepers

:18:42. > :18:53.on the pitch because they are not very highly skilled. Brad Guzan

:18:54. > :19:00.here. We used to pick on him. We are going to move on to the German

:19:01. > :19:14.starting line-up, here it is. Salah changes for Germany. -- two

:19:15. > :19:17.changes. Philipp Lahm has come under scrutiny in the German media but he

:19:18. > :19:22.is staying put. Schweinsteiger gets his first start in place of Sami

:19:23. > :19:29.Khedira who has been carrying and knock. Thomas Muller suffered a

:19:30. > :19:39.nasty cut above his eye against Ghana but he is able to play. Lukas

:19:40. > :19:45.Podolski comes in for Mario Gotze. He is the holding player, I think it

:19:46. > :19:51.is so much more difficult to go from full-back to holding player than the

:19:52. > :19:55.other way around. A lot of debate. He is a wonderful player,

:19:56. > :19:58.left-back, right back, holding midfield. In the game against Ghana

:19:59. > :20:08.he did leave the centre-backs exposed. I did the Germany Ghana

:20:09. > :20:13.game and in the first half alone 12 times he was further forward than

:20:14. > :20:20.Thomas Muller. That is something that will be difficult for the

:20:21. > :20:24.American back four to deal with. Another midfield player for the

:20:25. > :20:29.Germans who is hugely influential, Toni Kroos. I have seen him so many

:20:30. > :20:31.times this season, everything Toni Kroos. I have seen him so many

:20:32. > :20:49.Germany do ghost through him. Germany do goes through him. If you

:20:50. > :20:52.look here, the pass goes back now, the midfield players need to sprint

:20:53. > :20:55.up to the ball and they are trying to get an effect on the ball and if

:20:56. > :21:03.they don't do that today against Toni Kroos, this was his touch map.

:21:04. > :21:15.He has every range of pass in his locker. He get dates the play. --

:21:16. > :21:22.dictates. He is a multitalented player, no doubt about it. This

:21:23. > :21:27.could be his World Cup. The one thing the German players do is play

:21:28. > :21:34.right on the edge of the back four, they call him the waiter, he can

:21:35. > :21:38.deliver all the passes. A lot to enjoy about the Germans play so far

:21:39. > :21:45.but you have picked up one or two shortcomings? Against Ghana, we are

:21:46. > :21:51.featuring Mertesacker there, I have said time and time again, if I was

:21:52. > :22:00.defending the 18-yard line he would be in my team, but he does not want

:22:01. > :22:03.to run back at any stage. The ball is played in on the right,

:22:04. > :22:06.to run back at any stage. The ball now we're back. We are

:22:07. > :22:12.to run back at any stage. The ball efficiency, how many times

:22:13. > :22:17.to run back at any stage. The ball opposition, 5-2 against the Germans,

:22:18. > :22:21.it is unheard of. They could have easily been beaten. This was against

:22:22. > :22:27.Portugal, easily been beaten. This was against

:22:28. > :22:32.position up the pitch, any ball behind him at all and he is not

:22:33. > :22:40.running back. Can you see the Germans winning the World Cup

:22:41. > :22:49.playing in this manner? They are vulnerable. Do you concur? I think

:22:50. > :22:50.so, the lack of pace of Per Mertesacker, I would be playing a

:22:51. > :22:56.bit deeper. Mertesacker, I would be playing a

:22:57. > :23:02.the back and there is space in behind all the time. The one big

:23:03. > :23:10.thing is that when it goes past ten he does not want to run back at all.

:23:11. > :23:12.-- past him. It is if the Americans can conjure up that kind of play of

:23:13. > :23:21.sufficient quality? I think EMC will play right on the edge of

:23:22. > :23:28.Mertesacker. RB in Johnson has been outstanding going forward -- Fabian

:23:29. > :23:31.Johnson. This is where Klinsmann comes into play. It is his job to

:23:32. > :23:42.lift them and he is blamed at it. comes into play. It is his job to

:23:43. > :23:48.The sides about to come out. -- and he is brilliant at it.

:23:49. > :23:51.Mark Lawrenson and Guy Mowbray are your commentators.

:23:52. > :23:57.Mark Lawrenson and Guy Mowbray are your commentators. Thank you Gary,

:23:58. > :24:23.welcome to ritzy the -- receiving. Still it rains. But given that the

:24:24. > :24:26.pitch looks in remarkably good condition for a game that good

:24:27. > :24:33.friends and former colleagues Jurgen Klinsmann and Joachim Low will have

:24:34. > :24:39.smiled about. I draw will ensure both teams go through to the last

:24:40. > :24:45.16. We stand first for the national anthems.

:24:46. > :24:50.# Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light

:24:51. > :24:58.# What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming

:24:59. > :25:04.# Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight

:25:05. > :25:12.# O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming

:25:13. > :25:20.# And the rockets' red glare The bombs bursting in air

:25:21. > :25:28.# Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there

:25:29. > :25:38.# O Say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

:25:39. > :26:09.# O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? #

:26:10. > :26:19.# Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit Fur das deutsche Vaterland

:26:20. > :26:32.# Danach lasst uns alle streben Bruderlich mit Herz und Hand

:26:33. > :26:45.# Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit Sind des Gluckes Unterpfand

:26:46. > :27:20.# Bluh' im Glanze dieses Gluckes Bluhe, deutsches Vaterland. #

:27:21. > :27:29.Those who have made it in good voice, but you may see a lot of

:27:30. > :27:33.empty seats. Take hourly during the first half, there are still an awful

:27:34. > :27:45.lot of people trying to make their way out -- particularly duelling. It

:27:46. > :27:49.is not only Jurgen Klinsmann and Berti Vogts with a strong connection

:27:50. > :28:12.to Germany today. 2-mac Jozy Altidore absence again with our

:28:13. > :28:26.hamstring injury sustained in the first game against Ghana.

:28:27. > :28:39.The referee is from Uzbekistan. His third game of the World Cup. Nobody

:28:40. > :28:42.took charge of more than his five games at South Africa four years

:28:43. > :28:52.ago. He was the tournament 's youngest referee then and he is

:28:53. > :29:01.still only 36. For Germany Jerome Boateng and Thomas Muller have been

:29:02. > :29:05.passed fit. Our first start for Bastian Schweinsteiger in place of

:29:06. > :29:09.Sami Khedira. And Lukas Podolski is rewarded for his terrific efforts in

:29:10. > :29:19.training with a place in preference to Mario Gotze. I just wonder if one

:29:20. > :29:23.of the reasons to include Lukas Podolski is not just because of how

:29:24. > :29:27.he has performed in training but also to stop Johnson flying down the

:29:28. > :29:33.right-hand side or America, because for me the other night he was far

:29:34. > :29:36.and away their best player. He was the main reason they won their

:29:37. > :29:41.opening game against Ghana as well. He gets up and he gets back. 108

:29:42. > :30:10.games 46 goals for Germany. If anything the rain is getting even

:30:11. > :30:11.heavier. There is loads of commentary teams who have not even

:30:12. > :30:26.made it into the stadium. both of them, will make it through

:30:27. > :30:29.to the last 16? They both have four points from their opening games.

:30:30. > :30:33.Ghana and Portugal have a point apiece. We will keep you posted on

:30:34. > :30:39.the picture as the two games go on concurrently.

:30:40. > :30:49.Philipp Lahm. Germany in their red and black, Dennis the Menace change

:30:50. > :30:54.strip. It's also a classic way of playing, push your fullbacks forward

:30:55. > :30:58.so the holding player almost goes and plays in the back three. Philipp

:30:59. > :31:15.Lahm comfortable where ever he is asked to play.

:31:16. > :31:20.Beasley. Cause the problem by Mesut Ozil, and forced to send it out for

:31:21. > :31:30.a German throwing. -- caused a problem by. Mertesacker, allowed

:31:31. > :31:33.time to ponder. Lahm. Lifted out by Thomas Muller. Nowhere

:31:34. > :31:39.time to ponder. Lahm. Lifted out by for Ozil.

:31:40. > :31:44.Looking for something special, but Podolski has blazed it. A bit

:31:45. > :31:46.surprised Podolski has blazed it. A bit

:31:47. > :31:56.way he went for it. I didn't see it until quite late. One touch. Watch

:31:57. > :32:00.how early he comes in. Set himself, but did not make great contact.

:32:01. > :32:05.how early he comes in. Set himself, a record Thomas Muller has. Eight

:32:06. > :32:09.World Cup appearances, eight goals, four assists. His eight goals come

:32:10. > :32:10.from just nine efforts on target. Both teams will love these

:32:11. > :32:15.conditions. Both teams will love these

:32:16. > :32:20.of rain in the face, probably get a quicker game, hopefully. The tackles

:32:21. > :32:27.will have to be quicker game, hopefully. The tackles

:32:28. > :32:29.be a few sliding efforts. I'm thinking

:32:30. > :32:31.be a few sliding efforts. I'm have to watch his step in

:32:32. > :32:35.particular. Beckerman is into that one, but the whistle has gone for

:32:36. > :32:45.offside anyway. It will be a USA free kick.

:32:46. > :32:46.offside anyway. It will be a USA covering the stitches, after that

:32:47. > :32:52.crunching coming together in the Ghana game. One of those accidental

:32:53. > :32:57.ones, they always look really bad. The thought was at the time was that

:32:58. > :33:00.he might have fractured his cheekbone. It was

:33:01. > :33:17.he might have fractured his took. No real harm done.

:33:18. > :33:20.he might have fractured his 13 that his namesake did all use --

:33:21. > :33:26.those years ago. He might be the one threatening his total. A bit

:33:27. > :33:32.different in stature, me thinks. He has about a foot on him, I think.

:33:33. > :33:37.different in stature, me thinks. He Yes the other one had a low centre

:33:38. > :33:42.of gravity. Boateng. Bradley, kept away from the ball. Another with a

:33:43. > :33:51.The stadium is slowly filling up. the Bundesliga.

:33:52. > :34:00.The stadium is slowly filling up. Lahm, out to Howedes.

:34:01. > :34:07.Germany have a back for defenders. All very comfortable on

:34:08. > :34:14.the defenders. All very comfortable on

:34:15. > :34:24.All German possession so far. All of in there if needed.

:34:25. > :34:25.All German possession so far. All of the game is being

:34:26. > :34:30.All German possession so far. All of half of the field.

:34:31. > :34:45.Toni Kroos to swine Steiger. -- two Schweinsteiger. Beasley will have to

:34:46. > :34:49.get across. Boateng tried the first time touch, but not convincing in

:34:50. > :35:01.the effort to find mother. They seem to constantly have a man over at the

:35:02. > :35:10.moment -- to find Muller. Knocked on by Davies. First World Cup

:35:11. > :35:31.appearance for Brad Davis. Plays with Houston in the MLS.

:35:32. > :35:40.The throwing given to the US, much to Benedikt Howedes's concern and

:35:41. > :35:55.consternation -- the throw in. Tamils. -- Hummels. It started

:35:56. > :36:00.pretty much as we thought it would, loads of possession for the

:36:01. > :36:06.Germans. The US trying to fill the gaps. There might be a contest off

:36:07. > :36:11.the field as there will very much be a single off. I'm sure you've heard

:36:12. > :36:15.by now that no nation has brought more supporters to the World Cup

:36:16. > :36:20.than the US. Germany here in great numbers as well. Both sets of

:36:21. > :36:22.supporters in great voice. Mesut Ozil dispossessed by DeMarcus

:36:23. > :36:38.Beasley. Germany throw in. Not just everyday fans following the

:36:39. > :36:39.states. Will Ferrell is here. -- the State. Every team needs a good

:36:40. > :36:43.anchorman. Philipp Lahm. Glad I did not go

:36:44. > :37:43.anywhere near that one. Boateng. Ozil. Nicely through. Podolski.

:37:44. > :37:48.Howedes is forward. Well held by Howard. Thomas Muller close to it

:37:49. > :37:56.but not close enough. Good play by the Germans. Probing, probing,

:37:57. > :38:05.probing. Did well, Tim Howard. It is a slippery surface. That was being

:38:06. > :38:13.played out to a noise that will become familiar, singing, I will --

:38:14. > :38:14.I believe that we will win. Must've been up all night coming up with

:38:15. > :38:23.that one. Or a draw would help. Schweinsteiger. Plenty of time Per

:38:24. > :38:49.Mertesacker. Toni Kroos, lovely ball.

:38:50. > :38:57.Schweinsteiger collected it. Boateng. That was by Gonzalez, who

:38:58. > :39:03.Schweinsteiger collected it. unsighted by Besler going to the

:39:04. > :39:09.ball in front of him. Howedes. Swung over to Boateng. Brad Davis ducked

:39:10. > :39:14.out of it. Gave the game away by chasing after it. Just before with

:39:15. > :39:17.Gonzalez, not dissimilar to what Cameron did the other night which

:39:18. > :39:26.presented Portugal the first goal for Nani. He gave a shout to Besler

:39:27. > :39:30.to leave it may be, because he did seem to get out of the way. He

:39:31. > :39:42.should deal with it. Nobody picking up Toni Kroos. They will get another

:39:43. > :39:48.go. Schweinsteiger. Ozil. Mertesacker found Howedes in his

:39:49. > :39:50.way. Too many cooks. Completely unmarked, the two of them. What a

:39:51. > :40:05.chance. Bradley. Hummels is coming across. Dempsey is

:40:06. > :40:09.trying to run him. USA throw. Dempsey will have to do a lot of

:40:10. > :40:13.that night to buy some time that somebody to come and help them.

:40:14. > :40:14.Normally it is Bradley, but they need more numbers forward to get a

:40:15. > :40:31.goal from this. Beckerman. seen as somebody who will have a

:40:32. > :40:39.long future in the national side. 25 now. Plays for LA Galaxy.

:40:40. > :40:50.A miskicked by Tim Howard. Gonzalez finds Zusi. Howedes might get a

:40:51. > :40:55.yellow card for that. Absolutely, but he could have played on. You can

:40:56. > :40:59.always book him afterwards. Zusi would have been away there. Just a

:41:00. > :41:02.little bit quick, the referee, with that decision.

:41:03. > :41:06.little bit quick, the referee, with going to go on one of those storming

:41:07. > :41:14.runs down the right. We know how quick he is. He has gone. You can't

:41:15. > :41:22.argue about the yellow card, but you might argue about the stoppage to

:41:23. > :41:32.the game. First German yellow card of the

:41:33. > :41:36.A Germany side that is 13 games unbeaten. Their last defeat

:41:37. > :42:00.the 2nd of June last year and it was 4-3 against the United States.

:42:01. > :42:05.Beckerman. Jones had started to go on the right and had not been seen.

:42:06. > :42:17.Now he gets it. Gonzalez. He has to go back to Tim

:42:18. > :42:26.Howard. Muller will make him hurry up. Jones, horrifically above

:42:27. > :42:33.Howedes. -- eight horrific leap. Bradley.

:42:34. > :42:41.The USA enjoy a spell of and their supporters get a bit more

:42:42. > :42:47.excited. That is good. Everybody is getting a touch. Oh, he's not. Zusi.

:42:48. > :42:58.Dempsey. Bounced awkwardly away from him. His efforts to retrieve

:42:59. > :43:03.possession have resulted in a free kick the Germany. Dashboard Germany.

:43:04. > :43:12.That might have been two fouls, let alone one. -- for Germany. That's

:43:13. > :43:34.Lahm. Met by Davies. Here is the trouble

:43:35. > :43:37.Lahm. Met by Davies. Here is Boateng. Good defending by Gonzalez,

:43:38. > :43:41.making sure he got in the way of Muller.

:43:42. > :43:42.He has attacked that with the outside of his right foot. You

:43:43. > :44:01.He has attacked that with the to be 100% right. Great clearance.

:44:02. > :44:06.He has attacked that with the Germany as he had not sustained

:44:07. > :44:10.cruciate ligament injury in the Bundesliga in his first

:44:11. > :44:28.cruciate ligament injury in the Chandler, who is on the bench

:44:29. > :44:44.Zusi outside. Johnson was thinking put the header. Zusi.

:44:45. > :44:49.Zusi outside. Johnson was thinking about the past while he played it

:44:50. > :44:52.in. Just a bit of a waste, because now the Germans are on the attack.

:44:53. > :45:02.Schweinsteiger. Gonzalez again. The Mesut Ozil is leading it. Muller.

:45:03. > :45:07.Schweinsteiger. Gonzalez again. The times that beautifully. -- the times

:45:08. > :45:15.that beautifully. Fantastic challenge. Ground is slippy co--- so

:45:16. > :45:33.you can slide into it. Big long legs, hasn't he? Gonzalez is a Texan

:45:34. > :45:35.born to Mexican parents. Podolski, managed to see off one challenge,

:45:36. > :45:44.cleared by Beckerman. managed to see off one challenge,

:45:45. > :45:50.field to the game. The surface is helping. The temperature is helping.

:45:51. > :46:00.I think we can forget any thoughts of both sides playing for a draw.

:46:01. > :46:02.Most definitely. The thing about the surface as well, you can zip the

:46:03. > :46:17.passes end, it is great. Boateng at this moment is doing a

:46:18. > :46:27.Johnson isn't he? US Podolski. There was Podolski -- here is Podolski,

:46:28. > :46:52.there was Podolski. America would prefer to win the group if they can.

:46:53. > :47:04.They are never underprepared are they? Germany in Port Alegre will

:47:05. > :47:18.find some support. Podolski, Schweinsteiger. That is a booking.

:47:19. > :47:21.Out comes Howard, now the referee, I thought he was going to have words

:47:22. > :47:27.with Beckerman but he hasn't done. He is letting the game go. That is

:47:28. > :47:33.why the Germans are booing. Poor decision. As soon as there is a free

:47:34. > :47:44.kick he can go and revisit the decision. USA throw. Cannot know,

:47:45. > :47:52.too much time has passed. He has forgotten what it was, that is why.

:47:53. > :47:59.He is the only man on the pitch with long dreadlocks. The surfer dude. I

:48:00. > :48:16.am not being funny, I thought he was a tramp.

:48:17. > :48:31.Here is Michael Bradley. Beasley. Jones has got his hand up over on

:48:32. > :48:35.the far side. Beasley, scuffed it. If anything, we have said about

:48:36. > :48:38.Boateng getting down the right-hand side for Germany relatively

:48:39. > :48:45.unopposed now the chance also for Beasley to do the same. It is the

:48:46. > :48:50.full-backs playing against one another because both teams have

:48:51. > :49:20.tucked in down the sides. Schweinsteiger.

:49:21. > :49:27.Ozil, sharply done but well read by Bradley. The USA getting themselves

:49:28. > :49:31.into the game now after allowing Germany to dictate possession in the

:49:32. > :49:35.early stages. Here goes Johnson. Hummels looked as though he might

:49:36. > :49:47.have impeded him. Germany get on with it. Podolski, in comes Bradley,

:49:48. > :49:55.no free kick. Muller goes for a goal but he lost his footing. We have got

:49:56. > :50:01.a game on here. We have. I don't think Germany mind if the USA attack

:50:02. > :50:09.them a little bit, because Germany have had the ball given to them and

:50:10. > :50:17.can break really quickly. Hummels has given the ball to the USA. It is

:50:18. > :50:21.catching. Manuel Neuer out to the edge of his limits. These 20 minutes

:50:22. > :50:53.have flown by. Picks out Muller. The Zusi but then

:50:54. > :51:03.presented the ball to DaMarcus Beasley. -- beat Zusi. Germany with

:51:04. > :51:10.almost two thirds possession of the ball. Yes and it is probing

:51:11. > :51:22.possession isn't it? I don't know if you have heard but

:51:23. > :51:31.half-brother Kevin-Prince Boateng has gone home, sent home from the

:51:32. > :51:39.squad. An African team falling out at the World Cup? Whatever next!

:51:40. > :51:54.Beckerman 's lead with them. Jones trying to inject a bit of

:51:55. > :52:01.momentum. Chance for a Zusi here. He has gone for goal. Did not look as

:52:02. > :52:06.though it would have been the right option but he was not far away at

:52:07. > :52:11.all, it was a really good attempt. Certain

:52:12. > :52:26.decent straight by Zusi. -- strike. Argentina conceded a goal in exactly

:52:27. > :52:40.the same circumstances yesterday. Musa for Nigeria.

:52:41. > :52:45.I think it is also good, if they pose a little bit of a threat, it

:52:46. > :52:56.means the The noise is getting a little bit

:52:57. > :52:59.louder inside the stadium as the empty seats are taken up by the late

:53:00. > :53:04.arrivals. They empty seats are taken up by the late

:53:05. > :53:31.through. It is still absolutely chucking it down.

:53:32. > :53:36.Nice ball into Kroos. Toni Kroos threatening to dance through all the

:53:37. > :53:45.tackles they are. threatening to dance through all the

:53:46. > :53:46.Americans, soon as he came inside there were three shots right onto

:53:47. > :54:17.him. -- three white shirts. Normally a very sartorial coach,

:54:18. > :54:29.Joachim Low, Normally a very sartorial coach,

:54:30. > :54:37.drowned today. Dealt with by a combination of Beasley, Gonzalez

:54:38. > :54:43.the offside flag. Just putting his hand to his stitches, Thomas Muller.

:54:44. > :54:48.Beasley with a mazy run, how much further can he go? Had the foresight

:54:49. > :54:52.to stop and wait for help. He had to, there was

:54:53. > :54:58.to stop and wait for help. He had Johnson. Bradley, trying to please

:54:59. > :55:04.himself up, allowed Germany the chance to get

:55:05. > :55:05.himself up, allowed Germany the there. Beckerman has caught him.

:55:06. > :55:15.Free kick. Just there. Beckerman has caught him.

:55:16. > :55:23.on the ball and he nudged him out there. Beckerman has caught him.

:55:24. > :55:37.the way. That is his second offence, Beckerman.

:55:38. > :56:24.In comes Bradley. Really bothering Schweinsteiger.

:56:25. > :56:36.Podolski won't get anywhere near that one. The Americans forcing the

:56:37. > :56:43.error. When the first man goes, they all then kind of move as one. The

:56:44. > :56:50.midfield players, Beckerman, Jones, they stay on their feet and make it

:56:51. > :56:54.very difficult to be beaten. It is being lapped up across the states,

:56:55. > :57:01.so many have travelled here and so many more wearing the red white and

:57:02. > :57:12.blue back home. It continues to grow at pace. If it ever gets prime time

:57:13. > :57:17.television in America it will take off. Record TV audiences this time

:57:18. > :57:55.around. Beckerman thought about going back

:57:56. > :57:59.to Tim Howard they are, but he saw Zusi out the corner of his eye.

:58:00. > :58:12.Johnson taking the long route round to shape across. The referee getting

:58:13. > :58:19.in the way of Jones. You can see the referee in the centre of the picture

:58:20. > :58:29.they are, it is not his fault, he is jogging along. Fear old block.

:58:30. > :58:41.He is having a smile about it, great. That will be on question of

:58:42. > :58:53.sport and a couple of years. -- in. Johnson. Johnson has continued as he

:58:54. > :58:54.played throughout the first to Mac games, the Munich born Hoffenheim

:58:55. > :59:12.player. Beckerman, Johnson is going again,

:59:13. > :59:16.just had to check back. No goals here yet, no goals in the other game

:59:17. > :59:17.in the group either between Portugal and Ghana which means the table

:59:18. > :59:39.looks like this. So far so good for America. Looking

:59:40. > :59:42.very comfortable at the moment. Not done anything stupid defensively.

:59:43. > :00:01.Defended well as a team. four years ago to confirm their

:00:02. > :00:06.place in the second round, Landon Donovan with a goal against Algeria.

:00:07. > :00:10.Shame they could not close the game off against Portugal, just naivete.

:00:11. > :00:16.They had done so well. What a cross it was from Cristiano Ronaldo. Even

:00:17. > :00:25.so, they could have kept the ball on to a free separate occasions, or

:00:26. > :00:29.bought a foul to win the game. Podolski is darting into the penalty

:00:30. > :00:34.area. Toni Kroos will test out Tim Howard. How would more than ready.

:00:35. > :00:47.-- Howard is more than ready. That is comfortable, isn't it?

:00:48. > :01:01.Howedes needs to stay in front of Zusi. Gonzalez asked to turn back.

:01:02. > :01:07.They could have a few more people running at Howedes, now he has been

:01:08. > :01:10.booked. They have the players down that side with Johnson and Zusi,

:01:11. > :01:13.both quick. The flag up against Muller. He thought he had done

:01:14. > :01:32.enough. I'm pretty sure he was off. It's going to be a free kick for the

:01:33. > :01:38.USA. We have had a goal in the other game, Portugal one, Ghana nil. That

:01:39. > :01:43.would move Portugal up to four points, and almost within touching

:01:44. > :01:47.distance of the US and Germany. Portugal's goal difference is

:01:48. > :01:55.terrible having been thrashed. It was an own goal.

:01:56. > :02:03.Ghana going out. Good night, John boy. Yes, an American helping the

:02:04. > :02:11.cause. Bradley. Headed away by Mertesacker. Just not had a good

:02:12. > :02:17.ball in the box yet, the Americans. Beckerman. Schweinsteiger thought he

:02:18. > :02:27.was unfairly holding his arm. Boateng. Ozil is on the run. Besler

:02:28. > :02:38.try to stay in front of him. And the ball never went out. Just got away

:02:39. > :02:43.with it a little bit. Bradley spots the run of Jones. Jones, in between.

:02:44. > :02:47.I'd tell you what, that is a whisker away. -- I tell you what. A great

:02:48. > :02:50.run. Decent ball. away. -- I tell you what. A great

:02:51. > :03:02.the surface a little bit. away. -- I tell you what. A great

:03:03. > :03:08.Schweinsteiger. Podolski. That is over his head. He expresses his

:03:09. > :03:14.frustration. He normally gets them as he likes them. Great ball from

:03:15. > :03:20.Bradley. Just skidding off the surface.

:03:21. > :03:26.Inside the centre-back and the left-back. Let's give you a quick

:03:27. > :03:29.look at how the table has changed slightly with Portugal having taken

:03:30. > :03:39.the lead against Ghana. Still not enough as it stands for them to get

:03:40. > :03:42.into second place. It could change of Germany go one or two up against

:03:43. > :03:45.the US, as goal difference of Germany go one or two up against

:03:46. > :03:55.into it. No signs of that at the moment.

:03:56. > :04:15.Podolski. Badgered by Zusi. Wrestled by Zusi. But

:04:16. > :04:25.Muller took too long to think about it. Beasley had

:04:26. > :04:30.Muller took too long to think about Formerly of Rangers

:04:31. > :04:33.Muller took too long to think about City. He has done the rounds, has

:04:34. > :04:41.DeMarcus Beasley. Also played in Mexico. Muller. Nice ball. Ozil.

:04:42. > :04:43.Nice drop off the shoulder. Shovelled away by Tim Howard. Help

:04:44. > :04:48.from Gonzalez. Toni Kroos spots the run of Howedes.

:04:49. > :05:08.And Zusi spotted it late, Toni Kroos spots the run of Howedes.

:05:09. > :05:16.in time. Howedes threw himself to the

:05:17. > :05:36.Lahm. Didn't find its target. Dempsey, to Bradley. Davis, to

:05:37. > :05:57.Jones. Jones trying to do two things at once. What a waste. Zusi was away

:05:58. > :06:04.Blogged by Beasley. Podolski coming in. Just got the run on his marker,

:06:05. > :06:10.Blogged by Beasley. Podolski coming didn't he? -- blocked by Beasley.

:06:11. > :06:19.These and saved by Tim Howard as well. Plenty of zip off the surface

:06:20. > :06:26.-- decent save stop. Through the legs of Besler.

:06:27. > :06:36.He saved it, that's all that matters. Johnson. Dempsey

:06:37. > :06:39.apologising for making the wrong run. But he is making the runs.

:06:40. > :06:49.Bradley goes in, making the tackles. Davies. Now Beasley.

:06:50. > :06:54.Interesting the Bradley is playing as an orthodox central midfielder.

:06:55. > :06:58.He is not bursting forward so much today. Looking for Dempsey and it

:06:59. > :07:02.comes off Matt Hummels. That could have come off anywhere.

:07:03. > :07:11.Schweinsteiger. Taken out by Gonzalez. Free kick and yellow card.

:07:12. > :07:36.Can't really argue about that. It is a Germany free kick.

:07:37. > :07:42.Schweinsteiger is OK. He missed the German cup final at the end of the

:07:43. > :07:45.season with a knee problem. Taken the place of Khedira, because he has

:07:46. > :07:54.had knee problems most of the season. A bad injury.

:07:55. > :08:04.Schweinsteiger possibly that bit more dynamic than Sami Khedira. He

:08:05. > :08:08.gives them more wit as well. Blocked by Hummels. Mertesacker won't be

:08:09. > :08:24.given much time by Dempsey. Mertesacker. Boateng goes wide.

:08:25. > :08:51.Schweinsteiger, deep. It comes Bradley, all action.

:08:52. > :08:56.Hummels, strong enough to hold off Dempsey. Podolski has Muller coming

:08:57. > :09:04.in on the right. He read that as well, Tim Howard. He just read the

:09:05. > :09:10.play from his starting position. You can see where he is already. That's

:09:11. > :09:20.a really good place to come and grab it.

:09:21. > :09:34.Bradley. Dempsey. Clever turn. He has Johnson in loads of room. Brad

:09:35. > :09:38.Davis. Locked by Howedes. Just a bit slow getting in there, they had

:09:39. > :09:41.white shirts and the opposition penalty area for a change, America

:09:42. > :09:49.-- in the opposition penalty area. Jones. He popped that one up onto

:09:50. > :10:11.his chin. Beckerman. Zusi against Mertesacker. Just

:10:12. > :10:18.managed to keep it in and he has won the USA a corner. Mertesacker

:10:19. > :10:22.thought Zusi had overrun it. He is smiling. That automatic reaction

:10:23. > :10:27.from Mertesacker took the ball over the line eventually.

:10:28. > :10:41.Germany have pulled everybody back into the box to make sure it doesn't

:10:42. > :10:50.go in. There is a real queue in front of Manuel Neuer. Bradley.

:10:51. > :10:53.Cannot get off the ground. He took a couple of paces inside, and if he

:10:54. > :10:56.had stayed in his original position he might have got his head on it.

:10:57. > :11:03.Going in, then he has to come out. Schweinsteiger is not happy. Blocked

:11:04. > :11:16.by Brad Davis. Not a great game, but it is

:11:17. > :11:25.intriguing. Mertesacker is allowed to amble

:11:26. > :12:04.forward. Toni Kroos. Wanted the return from Podolski.

:12:05. > :12:11.Stopped by Johnson. Jones in a tangle with Schweinsteiger. They

:12:12. > :12:17.know each other well enough. Jones is three years Schweinsteiger's

:12:18. > :12:26.senior man once upon a time was an international team-mate of his --

:12:27. > :12:28.and once upon a time. Fifa approved his switch in 2009. His last Germany

:12:29. > :12:47.game was against England in 2008. It is said that if he repeats his

:12:48. > :12:53.goal against Portugal, he has had a good game, and what a goal it was,

:12:54. > :12:59.but he will not celebrate against his motherland. Why not? You would

:13:00. > :13:06.do a lap of honour, wouldn't you? You would if you pinged one in from

:13:07. > :13:12.35 yards. That's because I am 57. Gonzalez.

:13:13. > :13:22.Boateng applied his hands. Daft foul.

:13:23. > :13:37.Beasley. Zusi has gone round the outside. He did sort of

:13:38. > :13:39.Beasley. Zusi has gone round the Muller with him. Beasley. Zusi spots

:13:40. > :13:46.the run Brad Davis. Mertesacker across to stop him. Goalkick. -- of

:13:47. > :13:52.Brad say this. -- Brad Davis. What is your opinion of Per Mertesacker?

:13:53. > :13:55.When you isolate him, because of his long legs, he is not the quickest,

:13:56. > :14:02.but if you get people around him quickly, and people know there is a

:14:03. > :14:07.weakness, but not many expose it. 101 caps for Germany. These doing

:14:08. > :14:13.something right. -- he's doing something right. Not in the same

:14:14. > :14:23.league, but they used to say Bobby Moore couldn't run, didn't they? By

:14:24. > :14:29.the way, Mark Wallace -- Marquez for Mexico, he can't run.

:14:30. > :14:35.Mark Wallace -- Marquez can score. He's done it three World Cups in a

:14:36. > :14:39.row. He's done it three World Cups in a

:14:40. > :14:45.anyway. That's another He's done it three World Cups in a

:14:46. > :14:48.for yesterday. Jones. Dempsey He's done it three World Cups in a

:14:49. > :14:52.returns it to Jermaine Jones. Brad Davis in

:14:53. > :14:56.returns it to Jermaine Jones. Brad outside. One touch to control, the

:14:57. > :15:01.second issued. He took his eye off it -- the second to shoot. Jermaine

:15:02. > :15:07.Jones is down. I think that will be the last action of the first half.

:15:08. > :15:18.We are about to enter injury time. The Germans wanted Bradley booked

:15:19. > :15:25.for the challenge. For this one. This is off the floor isn't he? This

:15:26. > :15:37.is the one that caused a Jones to be heart. -- hurt. We are just going to

:15:38. > :15:48.have one minute added on. Both teams happy at the moment.

:15:49. > :15:55.have one minute added on. Both teams wonder we have not had a goal.

:15:56. > :16:05.Dempsey loses out to Hummels. Then attacks Ozil. Twice. The referee

:16:06. > :16:27.says play on, advantage USA. Unfortunately it has not

:16:28. > :16:29.raining goals. Let's hope for some in the second half. Lively enough

:16:30. > :16:40.STUDIO: And entertaining first half however.

:16:41. > :16:46.STUDIO: And entertaining first half they are despite the lack of goals,

:16:47. > :16:52.perhaps American supporters around the world are learning the value of

:16:53. > :16:57.a goalless draw? Does not happen in the sports. It does not, but this is

:16:58. > :17:03.great for us. We will be happy with that score at half-time. I feared

:17:04. > :17:07.the worst, they stood right of Germany, allowed Germany to dictate

:17:08. > :17:12.the play. They were conceding chances but as the game and a half

:17:13. > :17:18.grew on a started to threaten. I think they are vulnerable at the

:17:19. > :17:26.back. The first ten, 15 minutes I thought if Germany got one they

:17:27. > :17:30.would get five, but as Brad has said they have grown into the game. The

:17:31. > :17:34.last ten, 15 minutes they have got a bit of pace about them in the middle

:17:35. > :17:41.of the park, making some good runs and they were dangerous. Half to ask

:17:42. > :17:46.the question, no sense here that these sides are playing this one

:17:47. > :18:03.out. The way Germany started I would have to say not, the US have

:18:04. > :18:08.detected a weakness in the four. You mentioned America's counterattacking

:18:09. > :18:13.style, quite close on a couple of occasions? Yes, this is where

:18:14. > :18:17.Germany get to the byline. We talked about Philipp Lahm before the game,

:18:18. > :18:25.if you are holding midfield player you have to predict the back four.

:18:26. > :18:33.-- protect. Just delay, deflected wide, again it is too easy to get to

:18:34. > :18:35.the back four. Very good football for a team that basically for the

:18:36. > :18:43.first 20 minutes is never touched it. This is the one over the top,

:18:44. > :18:52.the higher line, the back four all over the place. Jones has read it,

:18:53. > :19:01.got in, but the touch let him down. It doesn't matter what you talk

:19:02. > :19:15.about. If you have not got any pace, you want to defend the 18-yard line,

:19:16. > :19:23.can you see Germany being vulnerable to a better quality side? That is my

:19:24. > :19:27.worry in this tournament. If you allow teams time on the ball and you

:19:28. > :19:34.are that high better teams will exploit in behind. That is what

:19:35. > :19:38.Ghana exposed, they sat back and sprung quickly. The Germans could

:19:39. > :19:41.not defend against it. I was wondering when Ghana were going to

:19:42. > :19:47.take their foot off the pedal and be happy with 2-1. If you are in

:19:48. > :19:50.possession of the ball then automatically your centre-backs are

:19:51. > :19:56.going to push up and keep up with the play and then suddenly they get

:19:57. > :20:01.it and you are exposed. Toni Kroos, you picked out before the game,

:20:02. > :20:04.involved in so much. He is involved in everything that is good about

:20:05. > :20:12.Germany. This little pocket in between the lines that he has played

:20:13. > :20:17.three or four passes already. Again on the left-hand side, I am looking

:20:18. > :20:25.at the position of Brian Davis, he needs to cut in more, he keeps

:20:26. > :20:27.getting in that little pocket. Alan Shearer would be seeing only one in

:20:28. > :20:31.the box if you must here. How many Shearer would be seeing only one in

:20:32. > :20:39.times has he got an down the right-hand side but they don't get

:20:40. > :20:43.many men in the box. When Toni Kroos plays the balls in between the lines

:20:44. > :20:50.and the open up on the right-hand side, look here again. Nobody in the

:20:51. > :20:57.box again. This is the problem of the so-called false nine. I think

:20:58. > :21:03.Brian Davis has got to cut in more and close the channel. I am looking

:21:04. > :21:08.forward to the second half because after 15 minutes it was a walkover

:21:09. > :21:13.but not any more. Let's catch up with what is going on in the first

:21:14. > :21:18.half between Portugal and Ghana. One Aldo has been involved in so much.

:21:19. > :21:26.He has had opportunities but it has not quite happened -- Ronaldo.

:21:27. > :21:35.Definitely a cross but I think he would have claimed it. Free kick.

:21:36. > :21:50.Decent save. This is the biggest chance of the lot. Watch the

:21:51. > :21:53.goalkeeper 's reaction. LAUGHTER I think Ronaldo is sensing there

:21:54. > :22:02.might be a magic moment in this game. Not a magic moment for John

:22:03. > :22:07.Boye who deflected into his own net. He almost did it again later on

:22:08. > :22:13.where he could have sliced in another own goal. Back to the

:22:14. > :22:15.Germany Game one man who did not start but can come off the bench is

:22:16. > :22:40.Miroslav Klose. Germany take the lead. It is Klose.

:22:41. > :22:50.Klose complete a hat-trick. It is a goal for Germany. Far post and in.

:22:51. > :23:00.Miroslav Klose. Splendid saves but in by Klose. It is his eighth goal

:23:01. > :23:10.in World Cup final football. Miroslav Klose. The header, he has

:23:11. > :23:20.got one. Miroslav Klose has given Germany the lead. Germany are level.

:23:21. > :23:29.A record equalling goal. 15 goals at the World Cup finals. It is quite an

:23:30. > :23:36.effort. We have got a touch match. -- map. The long-range effort is a

:23:37. > :23:48.penalty. That this is furthest. Whenever the ball was right or left

:23:49. > :23:56.you could guarantee that Klose would be right in the zone every time.

:23:57. > :24:01.Ruud van the story was a bit like that -- Ruud van

:24:02. > :24:05.I have played against him a few times and every time I looked up he

:24:06. > :24:15.was right in the centre. We have had 130 goals so far in this

:24:16. > :24:17.highly entertaining tournament, and some of them have been a bit

:24:18. > :24:36.special. Van Persie, what a fantastic goal.

:24:37. > :24:46.Arjen Robben year! Lionel Messi takes it up again and he dances away

:24:47. > :25:02.and he scores. Lionel Messi. What a straight! -- strike. He has done it.

:25:03. > :25:09.He has broken Iranian hearts. Our thunder bolt, Jermaine Jones. Arjen

:25:10. > :25:24.Robben is onside running from his own half. He has got his head up, it

:25:25. > :25:29.is in, 2-0. Rodriguez to finish it. This chimney, the dummy, a sublime

:25:30. > :25:47.finish. A wonderful goal from a wonderful young player.

:25:48. > :25:51.Tomorrow may be arrested today in Brazil but something else is about

:25:52. > :26:38.to begin. -- may be aid the curiously addictive world of

:26:39. > :26:44.social media has gone into overdrive over this tournament, Dan Walker has

:26:45. > :26:47.been keeping an eye on it. Welcome to our quiet corner of the beach, a

:26:48. > :27:03.little bit of fishing goes on here, talking of bytes biting, Uruguay

:27:04. > :27:05.overwhelmingly critical of the punishment for Luis Suarez but

:27:06. > :27:11.elsewhere saying it is nowhere strong enough. Aside from Suarez

:27:12. > :27:18.there is another South American who is doing a very good things on

:27:19. > :27:22.twitter and in social media, look at this graphic which shows you how

:27:23. > :27:26.people around the world were reacting to the Argentina against

:27:27. > :27:32.Nigeria game. The big flashes coinciding with the goals from

:27:33. > :27:39.Lionel Messi. There were three times as many searches for Lionel Messi

:27:40. > :27:42.than there was for Michael Jackson. You may have heard of someone called

:27:43. > :27:51.Gary Lineker, his blog is proving very popular. Plenty more on the BBC

:27:52. > :27:54.website. As players head home from the World Cup a lot of them have

:27:55. > :28:06.been saying thank you to Brazil. Mario Balotelli has said he will

:28:07. > :28:10.miss you all, go Brazil he says. Jack Wilshere of England saying he

:28:11. > :28:14.is lying in bed and the feeling will contend for a while, the only good

:28:15. > :28:18.thing is I have my son snoring next to me. You can continue to get in

:28:19. > :28:36.touch with us. It is unbelievably hot in this

:28:37. > :28:42.studio, we have had a problem with the air conditioning, so if we look

:28:43. > :28:47.a bit sweaty please forgive us. We were talking about Suarez and the

:28:48. > :28:58.Uruguayan FA appealing, we have some quotes. Speaking outside the hotel

:28:59. > :29:01.in Rio, they said that we are preparing our appeal now, we have

:29:02. > :29:06.three days to do it. It is an excessive decision and there was not

:29:07. > :29:10.enough evidence and I have seen more aggressive incidents recently. It is

:29:11. > :29:15.a severe punishment, I don't know which arguments they use but it is a

:29:16. > :29:23.tough punishment for Suarez. We thought it was barely just.

:29:24. > :29:31.Absolutely. It is goalless between America and Germany. Gonzales has

:29:32. > :29:34.impressed you? Yes, he made a big mistake and got away with it but

:29:35. > :29:41.then redeemed himself with one of the best tackles of the tournament.

:29:42. > :29:46.The cross coming in, it looks as though he might have been unsighted

:29:47. > :29:59.a little bit. Incredible skill to let it roll out. Then he gets around

:30:00. > :30:03.the back. He came in for Geoff Cameron, a wonderfully timed

:30:04. > :30:08.challenge. I think it was Philipp Lahm who was there and he timed it

:30:09. > :30:13.to perfection. This will be the biggest game of his career for club

:30:14. > :30:20.or country so I am sure they had a bit of nerves at the beginning but

:30:21. > :30:25.he grew into the game as it went on. The longer it stays goalless, the

:30:26. > :30:29.more the temptation is to let both teams settle. That is normally

:30:30. > :30:36.bubble. Both teams need a draw, ten minutes left, weight exert yourself

:30:37. > :30:41.-- that is in football. The Germans in the first 20 minutes would think

:30:42. > :30:43.they would win the game. I think the Germans would settle for a

:30:44. > :30:47.drawn-out, and the USA could win drawn-out, and the USA could win

:30:48. > :30:51.this match. Joachim Low coming out at half-time, not sure if he's made

:30:52. > :30:54.any substitutions or not. No information as yet on that. The

:30:55. > :30:56.Americans are coming out and they would desperately settle for this

:30:57. > :31:00.result. Americans are coming out and they

:31:01. > :31:07.would They would take it. Going in at half-time, Jurgen Klinsmann would

:31:08. > :31:11.be the happier of the teams. There are enough signs from the US to show

:31:12. > :31:12.they can get a result. With Portugal winning, it has to be quite a big

:31:13. > :31:14.swing in the game. they can get a result. With Portugal

:31:15. > :31:22.winning, it has to be quite Much better for both teams. If Garner

:31:23. > :31:27.scored first they would only need one -- if the Ghanaian team. I think

:31:28. > :31:31.we will get a similar approach from the US in the second half. You would

:31:32. > :31:36.have thought so. The first ten or 15 minutes, they will sit back, but the

:31:37. > :31:39.Germans are susceptible on the counterattack. It just needs one

:31:40. > :31:45.ball, one run, and they could get in. The conditions it, normally it's

:31:46. > :31:48.really hot, but they've had so much rain. Both teams will probably be

:31:49. > :31:54.thankful of that. The US especially, because when they sit back they had

:31:55. > :31:57.to chase the ball but ten or 15 minutes, that is draining, mentally

:31:58. > :32:02.and physically, and if it's not as hot as normal, that suits them. I

:32:03. > :32:06.just hope the US starts the second half like they ended the first, full

:32:07. > :32:11.of confidence, breaking when they can, trying to expose the German

:32:12. > :32:15.team. That little warm up that the Americans do. I've never seen it

:32:16. > :32:19.done before. Is that something we should all be learning? It's not an

:32:20. > :32:34.American thing, more of a German thing. Don't forget you can see the

:32:35. > :32:38.Ghana and Portugal game by pressing the red button, but we will stay

:32:39. > :32:41.here and join Guy Mowbray and Mark Lawrenson.

:32:42. > :32:48.Thanks, Gary. It's finally stopped raining. It's known as the Brazilian

:32:49. > :32:52.Venice here, and that is exactly what the streets looked liked --

:32:53. > :32:57.looked like on the way to the ground. As well as substituting his

:32:58. > :33:04.shirt, Joachim Low is making a change to personnel. Lukas Podolski

:33:05. > :33:06.is making way for Miroslav Klose. Is this the day that the World Cup

:33:07. > :33:19.goal-scoring record becomes his alone? He came on in the game

:33:20. > :33:23.against Ghana score, a minute and a half after leaving the bench, was

:33:24. > :33:31.it? He has 45 minutes to find the net in this one. 0-0, the USA

:33:32. > :33:35.sticking to the team that started the game, for now. I think Thomas

:33:36. > :33:44.Muller will play on the right hand side. Klose, straight through the

:33:45. > :33:49.middle. Otherwise, as is. Klose scored with his first touch against

:33:50. > :33:53.the Ghanaians. It was a while before the USA got a touch of the start of

:33:54. > :33:54.the first half, and Germany will try to start with that sort of rhythm

:33:55. > :34:33.again. Boateng. Bradley is on to him every time he

:34:34. > :34:41.gets the ball. Muller. Klose in the middle. Schweinsteiger did not catch

:34:42. > :34:48.it right. Good ball from Boateng. Great defending again. Omar Gonzalez

:34:49. > :34:57.is back again. Brilliant, otherwise it is a free header and 1-0. Just

:34:58. > :35:01.reacting to the danger very quickly. The deflection of the German player

:35:02. > :35:07.means it will be a goalkick for Tim Howard and the USA. Every right to

:35:08. > :35:22.clap himself. Yes, from that ball in. Jones. Brad Davis when region.

:35:23. > :35:26.Offside anyway. Just got a feeling towards the end of the first half

:35:27. > :35:27.that Jermaine Jones was starting to get under Bastian Schweinsteiger's

:35:28. > :35:54.skin. -- yes, that's allowed. Muller. He has been kept quiet so

:35:55. > :35:58.far. We said he would start on the right, but he will drift across, and

:35:59. > :36:03.also drift across the other side of the

:36:04. > :36:03.also drift across the other side of Toni Kroos. Schweinsteiger to

:36:04. > :36:09.Howedes. Well, not the best pass, Toni Kroos. Schweinsteiger to

:36:10. > :36:19.but he wasn't ready for it either. A Toni Kroos. Schweinsteiger to

:36:20. > :36:26.ball. I think that they still believe that they will win, the USA

:36:27. > :36:29.supporters. A good point made by the boys in the studio, that as it goes

:36:30. > :36:35.on, it is natural, ten minutes to go, still 0-0, you would not expect

:36:36. > :36:45.anyone to take any great gambles. No, absolutely not. We might get a

:36:46. > :37:00.goal before then that could liven things up considerably. Hummels.

:37:01. > :37:11.goal before then that could liven Ozil. Klose know chance he

:37:12. > :37:11.goal before then that could liven attacking improvement because

:37:12. > :37:18.Podolski was attacking improvement because

:37:19. > :37:22.no chance that he will settle for 0-0. Ozil. Muller. Forced to lean

:37:23. > :37:36.back and off-balance. We made the point in the previous

:37:37. > :37:42.game against Ghana about the USA being a team that is

:37:43. > :37:42.game against Ghana about the USA have won 20 of their last 26

:37:43. > :37:47.international games. We have have won 20 of their last 26

:37:48. > :38:07.Only Honduras let the division down. is not bad at all. No, they've been

:38:08. > :38:11.Only Honduras let the division down. They were a pub team, they just

:38:12. > :38:17.whacked everybody. I quite enjoyed watching them. Yes, the dark side.

:38:18. > :38:33.Toni Kroos. Ozil. Philipp

:38:34. > :38:39.get to it. Muller has popped up on the left. He was looking to Klose.

:38:40. > :38:44.And Tim Howard knew it was going past the post. That is what he does

:38:45. > :38:49.when he plays wide rather than through the middle, he will drift

:38:50. > :38:54.everywhere and find himself space. Becomes much more of a dangerous

:38:55. > :38:57.player. Joachim Low said he was unlike any other forward he has

:38:58. > :39:14.worked with in that he does not run in the lines you can predict. OK.

:39:15. > :39:23.Both Lahm and Schweinsteiger with misplaced passes. Am sure there are

:39:24. > :39:35.flecks of grey in Joachim Low's hair now. The ultimate professional,

:39:36. > :39:43.Jurgen Klinsmann, and his former colleague. His former

:39:44. > :39:46.Jurgen Klinsmann, and his former Klose is onside. He was just heading

:39:47. > :39:49.back down to earth as the ball met his head. The USA are claiming

:39:50. > :40:07.offside, but they disappeared completely. Not sure where Beasley

:40:08. > :40:20.was. Now he is on the field we might see more crosses into the box for

:40:21. > :40:28.Germany. Klose, closing down Tim Howard. Mertesacker. Schweinsteiger.

:40:29. > :40:40.Lost out to Bradley. Beckerman to Jones. They cannot find Dempsey.

:40:41. > :40:52.Zusi had taken the marker away. Howedes.

:40:53. > :40:58.Lahm was caught late by Bradley and it will be a German frigate. Good

:40:59. > :41:08.decision by the wrap -- a German free kick. -- by the rest. -- the

:41:09. > :41:14.referee. Can't complain about that. Quite fortunate not to get a yellow

:41:15. > :41:17.card. Yes, in the past World Cups he might have got a yellow card. There

:41:18. > :41:27.has been a feeling that the referees have been lenient, by and large.

:41:28. > :41:42.Toni Kroos has got himself ready for this. Ms at Ozil is another

:41:43. > :41:48.contender. Does he actually really need a three-man wall from that

:41:49. > :41:52.distance? Might be better off being able to see it. Toni Kroos. Well

:41:53. > :42:03.defended by Johnson. able to see it. Toni Kroos. Well

:42:04. > :42:10.keeps it rolling. Klose cannot get close to it. Germany corner and

:42:11. > :42:15.Germany pressing. No real pressure on the cross. The Americans starting

:42:16. > :42:19.to a little bit deeper. It only needs one lack of concentration. Of

:42:20. > :42:23.the crosses are allowed to keep coming into

:42:24. > :42:31.the crosses are allowed to keep score. Or at the worst he will set

:42:32. > :42:35.somebody up. Ozil in. Tim Howard beats it away. Mertesacker's header.

:42:36. > :42:43.Straight in, Thomas Muller with a beauty.

:42:44. > :42:55.Did not have long to think about it. Thomas Muller doesn't need long. He

:42:56. > :43:02.knows where the goal is. A really good save from Tim Howard tipping it

:43:03. > :43:07.away, and it's just a great strike. good save from Tim Howard tipping it

:43:08. > :43:12.Caught a little bit asleep, America, from the original corner.

:43:13. > :43:17.That is a super strike. He drifts into places where nobody picks him

:43:18. > :43:24.up. The target is made for him, outside of the defender, Besler.

:43:25. > :43:31.Germany not playing for a draw. Forget about that. Beasley down, but

:43:32. > :43:35.no free kick. That might just make Germany go up another one or two

:43:36. > :43:42.gears. Schweinsteiger looking to Thomas Muller again. They do smell

:43:43. > :43:49.blood, don't they? They seriously though. In the city where the signs

:43:50. > :43:54.are all about the bay, warning you not to take a dip because of

:43:55. > :43:55.sharks, you are right. Germany are the sharks of the world game. They

:43:56. > :44:14.have got a sniff. Zusi. Gonzalez was off-balance.

:44:15. > :44:21.Recovered in time, but only to give it to Klose. Schweinsteiger to the

:44:22. > :44:26.right. Muller. Muller into Klose, cleared by Beckerman. The United

:44:27. > :44:33.States, at the moment, are just hanging on.

:44:34. > :45:09.Schweinsteiger to Beckerman, and in came Klose with a blue ray is free

:45:10. > :45:15.kick. -- with the boot raised high. USA free kick. Thomas Muller's

:45:16. > :45:19.fourth goal of the World Cup. Not just Neymar versus Lionel Messi.

:45:20. > :45:52.Thomas Muller is with them as well. Muller having picked up the award in

:45:53. > :45:54.South Africa four years ago. Need to try and get Johnson in the game

:45:55. > :46:09.don't they? They are going to get Alejandro

:46:10. > :46:10.Bedoya into the game shortly. United States have that substitute getting

:46:11. > :46:40.ready. Had his short targeted

:46:41. > :46:47.Germany free kick. -- short. We have had our goal in the game

:46:48. > :46:52.Germany free kick. -- short. We have Portugal and Ghana. Asamoah Gyan has

:46:53. > :46:58.equalised for Ghana. That is bad news for United States because if

:46:59. > :47:01.Ghana get another, and the goal difference situation is changing as

:47:02. > :47:08.well, it might mean that the USA need something from this one. As it

:47:09. > :47:13.stands it is still Germany first USA second. It is a very fluid situation

:47:14. > :47:16.and you can bet your bottom dollar that Jurgen Klinsmann will be fully

:47:17. > :47:33.aware of the situation in the other game.

:47:34. > :47:44.The second touch is Schweinsteiger. I think that

:47:45. > :47:48.The second touch is booking. Has to be. It is not. I am

:47:49. > :47:51.sorry, it does not matter how long you have been on, if it is a yellow

:47:52. > :48:00.it is a yellow. I'm you have been on, if it is a yellow

:48:01. > :48:04.referee. He only replaced Brad Davis are few seconds ago, but as you say

:48:05. > :48:30.that does not matter. Yellow card tackle but he does not get one.

:48:31. > :48:37.Look where Muller is playing now, almost off the centre forward. I

:48:38. > :48:43.keep losing track of him. He is like a ghost. He

:48:44. > :49:06.keep losing track of him. He is like popping off, such a good finisher.

:49:07. > :49:16.Philipp Lahm finds Mats Hummels. cannot remember when Clint Dempsey

:49:17. > :49:35.last had a kick. He is doing a lot of chasing at the moment.

:49:36. > :49:44.Muller, will not get onto that. Schweinsteiger lifts it through to

:49:45. > :49:49.Ozil. Klose in the middle joined by Boateng and Schweinsteiger. It was a

:49:50. > :49:56.nice idea. But Bradley could see it happening. Now the USA want play

:49:57. > :50:05.brought back because DaMarcus Beasley was sent sprawling. America

:50:06. > :50:12.misplaced the pass. That will be a free kick and another booking, it is

:50:13. > :50:18.Kyle Beckerman this time. He has got to get a grip, the man in blue. They

:50:19. > :50:20.are complaining saying he should have brought it back but it was

:50:21. > :50:25.America's own fault, they gave the ball away. Cynical one wasn't it?

:50:26. > :50:52.That was the worst yet. Won a state wrestling title in high

:50:53. > :50:54.school bed Kyle Beckerman. He knows his job, seek and destroy. The

:50:55. > :51:13.sitting midfielder. Klose loses out to Beazley,

:51:14. > :51:21.retrieved but only to give the US a goal kick. Bit of spice in the game.

:51:22. > :51:28.That might help the USA a little bit. Make it a scrap. Absolutely. As

:51:29. > :51:45.long as they can keep you men on the pitch. -- 11 men. That is where

:51:46. > :51:50.Muller is now. Jones running strongly through the middle. Look at

:51:51. > :51:57.the starting position of Neuer. He is bored, he has had nothing to do,

:51:58. > :52:12.he wants a touch of the ball. Down goes Johnson. USA free kick. Not

:52:13. > :52:20.anything wrong with that, he touches that, Ozil, with his hep, before he

:52:21. > :52:36.I think Klose is making the point to Beckerman. Tearful. -- tearful --

:52:37. > :52:49.I think Klose is making the point to the referee. Guns Alice was leaving

:52:50. > :52:55.it to Johnson and vice versa. -- Gonzalez was. That'll be a free

:52:56. > :52:57.kick, no, advantage Germany. Jones went barging into the back of Toni

:52:58. > :53:16.Kroos. Mertesacker. We have got bouncing Germans behind

:53:17. > :53:24.Tim Howard's goal. They are enjoying this now.

:53:25. > :53:49.Howedes. Ozil. Howedes has continued forward. The door your -- Bedoya.

:53:50. > :53:56.Dempsey desperately needs a little bit of help up there when the ball

:53:57. > :54:09.does come his way. Jones caught off stride, he was in between. I don't

:54:10. > :54:17.know why they stopped. Such a sweet strike. Just measured but with

:54:18. > :54:19.enough pace, in many ways the defender did him a favour because it

:54:20. > :54:31.was a case of easing it around him. So well controlled, that strike from

:54:32. > :55:13.Thomas Muller. Yes, clinical. are getting behind the USA. The way

:55:14. > :55:23.Muller took that, brilliant. Ozil. Howard will come out to meet Muller.

:55:24. > :55:34.Has to come up with something I think.

:55:35. > :55:46.108 games, 47 goals for Germany. World Cup winner in 1990, European

:55:47. > :55:53.champion in 1996. Some player, some coach in 2006 as well. Pretty much

:55:54. > :56:01.is a fully fledged American now, has lived there since 1998. His wife is

:56:02. > :56:05.from California isn't she? Yes, his kids are American. And he is

:56:06. > :56:13.revolutionising the sport over there. He said something the other

:56:14. > :56:17.day that went across the States, urging bosses at all companies to

:56:18. > :56:26.give everyone the day off to watch this. A clever piece of marketing,

:56:27. > :56:31.to get everyone onside with soccer. The main resistance comes from other

:56:32. > :56:36.sports. Yes, they don't want it to succeed, that is the problem. Has he

:56:37. > :56:42.not got a bigger title than just manager as well? Is he not some sort

:56:43. > :56:57.of technical thing as well? Overlord of everything.

:56:58. > :57:11.Back with Howard. with Portugal in the other game in

:57:12. > :57:19.the group. As it stands both of these teams would be going through.

:57:20. > :57:24.I cannot remember the USA being in the goalmouth of Neuer in the second

:57:25. > :57:34.half, can you? I really seriously cant. -- cannot.

:57:35. > :57:49.I think we have only said his name once and that is when he came up to

:57:50. > :57:52.clear. You know how you said it had stopped raining? Yes, it is

:57:53. > :58:07.hammering it down again now. It'll be a corner the USA. Piled a lot in.

:58:08. > :58:08.Get them into the penalty area. They certainly have

:58:09. > :58:13.Get them into the penalty area. They figure of Gonzalez in the. Captain

:58:14. > :58:40.America has seen him. Not the real Gonzalez primed to jump

:58:41. > :58:53.20 minutes to go. against ten.

:58:54. > :58:59.20 minutes to go. Germany breaking. Schweinsteiger,

:59:00. > :59:20.trying to slide rule the ball into Muller. Boateng.

:59:21. > :59:31.Schweinsteiger, nicely controlled as well. Onto it

:59:32. > :59:37.again. Boateng. Gonzalez, boot to ball. Bradley caught by Philipp

:59:38. > :59:52.Lahm. As it stands, remind me? Germany

:59:53. > :00:07.through on seven points, USA through with four. It is a knife edge isn't

:00:08. > :00:17.it? The USA are level on goal difference, Ghana are at -1. Could

:00:18. > :00:23.be improved era Dempsey can do something. He's already broken his

:00:24. > :00:30.nose once in the tournament, Dempsey -- if Dempsey can do something. The

:00:31. > :00:34.referees and a great position to this. Don't think Mats Hummels did a

:00:35. > :00:39.lot wrong. Both headed the ball at the same time. As much as anything,

:00:40. > :00:49.because you've broken your nose, this would be a bit frightening. You

:00:50. > :00:56.are thinking, oh, no, not again. He's all right. Not a great deal of

:00:57. > :00:59.contact with the face. Hands up instinctively to protect the

:01:00. > :01:11.delicate area. It's funny, because he came out at the start of the

:01:12. > :01:27.second half, and Johnson, both with black eyes. It looked like they had

:01:28. > :01:45.been fighting each other. Just like the one the first time,

:01:46. > :01:52.when you least expect it, that is the worst. Jones will have come out

:01:53. > :01:58.of that the worst. Just above his left eye.

:01:59. > :02:09.That is Bedoya. Jermaine Jones is still face down.

:02:10. > :02:19.The thing is, it gets players do, and have a drink, have a word with

:02:20. > :02:23.Klinsmann, but the fourth officially saying that they can't. The most

:02:24. > :02:29.concern is with Jermaine Jones here. Might be another one with a shiner.

:02:30. > :02:42.Yes. No blood and no teeth came out.

:02:43. > :02:49.Thomas Muller knows how that feels from his last game.

:02:50. > :02:58.And here again is Thomas Muller's arrow into the USA net. It is just

:02:59. > :02:59.the composure, isn't it? No panic, sizing up the situation in a split

:03:00. > :03:15.second. His goal is the difference, and his

:03:16. > :03:20.goals are so often the difference for Germany. He wasn't a regular

:03:21. > :03:26.starter for Bayern Munich last year, was a question when he did, he made

:03:27. > :03:29.it count. What did he get, two against Manchester City and two

:03:30. > :03:33.against Arsenal? Just got a bloody nose, but think what it could have

:03:34. > :03:40.been. If he's given the choice he will continue. What is the head

:03:41. > :03:47.shake about? I don't really know. The fact they ran into each other,

:03:48. > :03:54.do you think? Germany. Schweinsteiger is going, and coming

:03:55. > :04:00.on his Mario Gotze. One top quality player for another. Seven years his

:04:01. > :04:03.junior, but he is following in his footsteps of being at the very

:04:04. > :04:09.highest level. It never rains, it pours. He comes off, and then he

:04:10. > :04:19.comes on. Bit trickier, bit more pace. Thank you very much.

:04:20. > :04:28.I think he is going to play centrally as well.

:04:29. > :04:40.Jones has been mopped up and is ready to make his reappearance.

:04:41. > :04:45.The fourth official will check. He would do well to stop him. He's

:04:46. > :05:02.coming back on. Howedes was too casual trying to

:05:03. > :05:04.find Ozil. Zusi. Hummels, chased by Jones. Bradley will go at

:05:05. > :05:22.Mertesacker. Neuer is enjoying having a few

:05:23. > :05:33.touches. You can see what he is doing. It is the old classic.

:05:34. > :05:41.Finally it is a way. -- away. Lahm. Voting. -- Boateng.

:05:42. > :06:05.No signs, looking at the touchline, of any imminent changes to be made

:06:06. > :06:23.by Jurgen Klinsmann. In goes Besler. Handball.

:06:24. > :06:38.He has one year on what is happening elsewhere, doesn't he? -- one ear.

:06:39. > :06:54.Back by Mertesacker to Neuer. Agana goal in the other game, they would

:06:55. > :06:57.edge ahead of the USA on goal difference -- a Ghana. Played by

:06:58. > :07:16.One. Gotze. -- played by Klose. Boateng with the Germans throwing.

:07:17. > :07:29.-- throw in. Howedes. Same

:07:30. > :07:50.Muller, but that's the only comparison.

:07:51. > :08:06.trouble. It will be a Germany trouble. It will be a Germany

:08:07. > :08:13.Germany with the corner. Everybody bar DeMarcus Beasley. Trying to make

:08:14. > :08:19.sure they keep it out. Gonzalez miscued that one. Gotze

:08:20. > :08:35.cannot go any further. About to make a change. Other news.

:08:36. > :08:38.There is a goal in the other one, and it means one of the other teams

:08:39. > :08:44.is on four points. The good news for the USA is that it is Portugal.

:08:45. > :08:49.Cristiano Ronaldo has scored. Portugal two, Ghana one. As the

:08:50. > :08:51.table stands, the USA on four points, Portugal on

:08:52. > :08:58.table stands, the USA on four the goal difference is -3. And there

:08:59. > :09:09.table stands, the USA on four are cheers in the US section of the

:09:10. > :09:09.table stands, the USA on four left in the other game? About the

:09:10. > :09:13.same as this one. He left in the other game? About the

:09:14. > :09:24.up at me. Klose cannot get it. USA throw. What

:09:25. > :09:28.would make it so much easier the USA supporters would be if there side

:09:29. > :09:34.could score. No equation is necessary. It's not looking likely,

:09:35. > :09:43.though, is it? You must have played in games like this. Mind you, ever

:09:44. > :09:49.listening to result from elsewhere playing to Liverpool? No. I knew

:09:50. > :10:31.that was coming. Given away by Besler. Beckerman has

:10:32. > :10:39.lost out to Gotze. Muller in the middle. Ozil is forced to check.

:10:40. > :10:49.Gotze. Besler gets it away. Howedes is onto it. And he overruns it.

:10:50. > :10:56.Just telling the referee that he could not possibly stop, but it will

:10:57. > :11:03.be a free kick to the US. Here is the substitution.

:11:04. > :11:10.They are taking Zusi, the winger, and putting on Yedlin, who is a

:11:11. > :11:20.right full-back, but he is somewhat of a frustrated Wenger. -- wind. He

:11:21. > :11:24.came off -- on against Portugal the other night, and he and Johnson

:11:25. > :11:38.dovetailed. He is quick as well, Yedlin. He is quicker than Zusi.

:11:39. > :11:49.One of those who should be Brazilian in the way he plays as a fallback.

:11:50. > :11:58.Dempsey. Yedlin. Bedoya in the box. But the ball is in. -- isn't.

:11:59. > :12:03.Difficult, first touch. We'll give him the benefit of the doubt. You

:12:04. > :12:12.want him at the right end of the pitch, mind. Andre Schurrle is going

:12:13. > :12:13.to come on for Germany. It will be his second substitute appearance of

:12:14. > :12:29.the World Cup. Almost caught by Bradley, not for

:12:30. > :12:35.the first time. Ozil. Gonzalez all over him.

:12:36. > :12:53.Toni Kroos plays with such maturity, he is 27 -- 24, but 37 caps already.

:12:54. > :13:00.It is frightening. Mertesacker. Just over five minutes of the 90

:13:01. > :13:16.remaining. Yedlin. Dispossessed Howedes, who

:13:17. > :13:25.has a problem with him on the field now. Jones, Dempsey. Dempsey has

:13:26. > :13:30.played it behind Bedoya. Difficult to Dempsey to get it into bed Oier.

:13:31. > :13:31.Maybe thought he could roll it into his path and he might hit it first

:13:32. > :13:55.time -- Bedoya. The tuck of fortune. It bounced to

:13:56. > :13:59.him -- touch of fortune. Flag is up against Klose.

:14:00. > :14:07.We are into the closing minutes. Let's just recaptured on how the

:14:08. > :14:13.group stands at the moment. Portugal are leading Ghana 2-1 in the other

:14:14. > :14:16.game taking place at the same time. Germany through as group winners,

:14:17. > :14:20.seven points. The USA would be through with four points ahead of

:14:21. > :14:21.Portugal on goal difference. And Ghana would be left rooted to the

:14:22. > :14:38.bottom. That Rinaldo goal for Portugal has

:14:39. > :14:47.got the US supporters a lot more comfortable -- and Ronaldo.

:14:48. > :14:53.If he gets two or three more, they won't be comfortable. No doubt

:14:54. > :14:58.Germany deserved to win the game, but the scenario could be that they

:14:59. > :15:04.go through as it stands. Which would be no mean feat for the USA,

:15:05. > :15:09.certainly. Mertesacker safely back to Neuer.

:15:10. > :15:23.Has Neuer made a save? I cannot think of one of the top of my head,

:15:24. > :15:27.certainly not in this second half. Dempsey. Cannot think of a United

:15:28. > :15:54.States effort on target. Gotze. Germany content to keep possession

:15:55. > :15:55.until the end, and then maybe spring something with Philipp Lahm. Too

:15:56. > :16:21.much pace on that. Crowded out of it, but it broke for

:16:22. > :16:27.Beazley. Everybody is up from the bench. In the United States colours.

:16:28. > :16:34.They feel that he was away there but the free kick has gone to Germany.

:16:35. > :16:44.He has hardly touched him. Hardly touched him. To be fair to Jurgen

:16:45. > :16:51.Klinsmann he has not taken a seat on the bench all day long. Germany

:16:52. > :16:56.making a change, Ozil is going off. Arsenal off, Chelsea on, Andre

:16:57. > :17:04.Schurrle getting a few minutes of game time.

:17:05. > :17:15.We will just have a slight delay, and you can guess the reasons.

:17:16. > :17:24.Bayern Munich supporter with his towel. Never mind. A German village

:17:25. > :17:31.has lost its idiot. He has probably just got here. There is that. And

:17:32. > :18:14.now he will be leaving. Philipp Lahm finds Mertesacker.

:18:15. > :18:30.Boateng. Philipp Lahm finds Mertesacker.

:18:31. > :18:36.Thomas Muller, or coming back from being offside. We are into stoppage

:18:37. > :18:39.time, there will be at least four more minutes, which is the same as

:18:40. > :18:45.the other game as far as we understand. The United States will

:18:46. > :19:06.want those four minutes to go by in a flash with nothing more happening.

:19:07. > :19:13.Looking diagonally right, that is where he puts the ball. Jones.

:19:14. > :19:21.Bounces awkwardly, Philipp Lahm back to Manuel Neuer. Could have been

:19:22. > :19:24.potentially awkward. Just making sure the crowd saw him. Check these

:19:25. > :19:52.skills out. The devil

:19:53. > :19:56.not, the lead Ghana 2-1. Gotze has got plenty of room.

:19:57. > :19:59.not, the lead Ghana 2-1. Gotze has for a goal himself, now it is Gotze.

:20:00. > :20:10.Kroos. slipped up the other night, the last

:20:11. > :20:19.couple of minutes, a slipped up the other night, the last

:20:20. > :20:28.concentration, tiredness except. -- etc. Should be all right now. Even

:20:29. > :20:29.if they were to concede another Portugal would have to score a

:20:30. > :20:40.couple. Mats Hummels. Here is Gotze.

:20:41. > :20:55.Schurrle wants it returning. Mats Hummels. Here is Gotze.

:20:56. > :21:00.away to Bradley, nobody in an advanced position, now the runners

:21:01. > :21:08.are going, Dempsey, Yedlin. Can he look across and see Bedoya? Dempsey,

:21:09. > :21:21.Beddau your -- the door. Super by Philipp Lahm. Great attack as well.

:21:22. > :21:28.Bradley. Not a bad cross, Yedlin coming in, Dempsey X commission Mac

:21:29. > :21:40.just over the top. He has actually got too much on it. It wanted a

:21:41. > :21:49.flak. A flurry of excitement right at the end. Not looking like they

:21:50. > :21:51.were going to score all game, then a couple of opportunities in the last

:21:52. > :22:06.minute. That would have done it. That would

:22:07. > :22:16.have taken any guessing games out of it. A draw would suit both sides.

:22:17. > :22:25.Philipp Lahm with the block tackle having tracked back all the way.

:22:26. > :22:30.Times have changed since 1982. We have had an honest game today, we

:22:31. > :22:36.have had Germany winning by one goal from Thomas Muller and we have had a

:22:37. > :22:38.downpour throughout the game. Problems for supporters of both

:22:39. > :22:42.sides to try to get to the stadium but it looks as though it is going

:22:43. > :22:49.to be smiles all round. Jurgen Klinsmann is teaming. Joachim Low

:22:50. > :22:51.has half a smile on his face, he knows his team are through and does

:22:52. > :22:58.not have to worry about anything else. Once the final score is

:22:59. > :23:01.confirmed from the other game between Portugal and Ghana the

:23:02. > :23:10.United States will be able to join in the celebrating. When you

:23:11. > :23:14.combine, they have got a bit of a lack of quality but great

:23:15. > :23:18.application, effort, well to win, extremely well coached, very

:23:19. > :23:21.athletic, and they have made up for one or two of their shortcomings.

:23:22. > :23:25.athletic, and they have made up for would be a fantastic achievement for

:23:26. > :23:28.them to get out of the group. The news comes through that it has

:23:29. > :23:41.finished Portugal two, Ghana one. STUDIO: Great day for Germans

:23:42. > :23:46.all-round really, despite that defeat the USA join Germany in the

:23:47. > :23:55.last 16 courtesy of their superior goal difference.

:23:56. > :24:02.It has been a World Cup to forget for Portugal and Ghana. These are

:24:03. > :24:07.the scenes in Brasilia, did not quite happen for Ronaldo, ended up

:24:08. > :24:14.scoring the winning goal but he had three chances in the last five

:24:15. > :24:20.minutes. Victory for Portugal and a goal for Ronaldo. But they go out,

:24:21. > :24:29.disappointment for the Portuguese and the Ghanaians who were in

:24:30. > :24:40.turmoil anyway. They are all happy they are all happy there in receive

:24:41. > :24:46.I will applaud the Americans, they did enough. Klinsmann has them

:24:47. > :24:56.organised. Playing very much as a team, I was impressed with ins

:24:57. > :25:05.alloys, absolutely tremendous. -- with Gonzalez. Brad May I offer our

:25:06. > :25:12.congratulations. We are fully envious. An unbelievable day for US

:25:13. > :25:18.soccer. One thing we will always give is 100% effort, we will be

:25:19. > :25:24.organised and difficult to break down. Hide you think the performance

:25:25. > :25:28.will be taken back home? They will love it, they will not care.

:25:29. > :25:32.Portugal with one of the best players in the world are going home

:25:33. > :25:37.the United States will play Belgium, it will be a massive occasion. The

:25:38. > :25:44.scenes in Chicago that we saw we will now see scattered across the

:25:45. > :25:49.United States. I think to pick his team up from conceding that

:25:50. > :25:51.last-minute goal, one foot in the last 16 and the concede a

:25:52. > :25:58.last-minute goal and to pick them up, he has done a great job. He

:25:59. > :26:04.started the revolution in Germany and he is doing the same in America

:26:05. > :26:07.now. With the Germans you are starting quite away the line, but

:26:08. > :26:12.considering the players they have got, the knighted States have done

:26:13. > :26:18.miraculously to qualify compare with other teams in the grip? Yes, they

:26:19. > :26:22.have not got much quality, they don't string many passes together

:26:23. > :26:27.but they have got great spirit and togetherness in the team.

:26:28. > :26:31.Organisation and spirit can take you so far, but the big thing here is

:26:32. > :26:38.the qualification. The USA I have always felt, we went to the final in

:26:39. > :26:41.1994 and we all said it would take off massively and it never quite

:26:42. > :26:46.happened. This time because they have got to the knockout stages, and

:26:47. > :26:52.if they could go further, it would be a huge and massive impetus. Only

:26:53. > :26:55.one goal in the game, Thomas Muller is now up there with Neymar and

:26:56. > :27:02.Lionel Messi as the leading scorer in the tournament. What a sublime

:27:03. > :27:08.finish. Yes for a team that is normally so organised, we allowed a

:27:09. > :27:14.short corner, nobody marking Muller. Difficult for Tim Howard to hold

:27:15. > :27:21.onto that. The defenders flying out, what a clinical finish.

:27:22. > :27:26.onto that. The defenders flying out, unstoppable. See it late, pools rich

:27:27. > :27:38.on it, great technique. Side footed into the side netting. I think they

:27:39. > :27:45.brought Klose onto half-time, clever substitution. He is a threat, always

:27:46. > :27:50.ends up with a goal chance. Here is a stat for you, Klose and Miller

:27:51. > :28:00.have scored between them 24 goals in the last World Cup is, England have

:28:01. > :28:04.managed 17. I think our biggest problem is we have not got a

:28:05. > :28:08.goal-scorer like that. America almost got something out of the game

:28:09. > :28:15.right at the end. Had to wait an awfully long time. Yes, as it was

:28:16. > :28:20.0-0 they were quite happy but when they went a goal down they tried to

:28:21. > :28:26.step up a little bit. Counterattack again exposing the Germans lack of

:28:27. > :28:28.pace. Great block on the line. As Germany advance in the tournament,

:28:29. > :28:31.when they have the Germany advance in the tournament,

:28:32. > :28:40.possession, this will be their Achilles heel. Absolutely. If they

:28:41. > :28:44.come up against the side, we said the Americans don't have great

:28:45. > :28:50.quality in attack, if they come up against a quality side they will

:28:51. > :28:52.pulverise that. Let's hear from Jurgen Klinsmann. What does it say

:28:53. > :28:58.pulverise that. Let's hear from about the team that it has survived

:28:59. > :29:04.the group of death? It is huge, we wanted at least a tiny. I think in

:29:05. > :29:07.the beginning we had a bit too much respect but we should have created

:29:08. > :29:11.more chances, that is something we have to improve on. But overall

:29:12. > :29:19.tremendous energy, tremendous effort from the whole side. It is huge, it

:29:20. > :29:22.is huge for us getting out of this group. Everybody said we had no

:29:23. > :29:27.chance, we took our chance and we move on and now we want to prove a

:29:28. > :29:31.point. How was your team affected by the fact that Germany had an extra

:29:32. > :29:37.arrest day and you were coming here from Manaus? It is difficult to say,

:29:38. > :29:42.I don't want to put too much into it, the energy and commitment was

:29:43. > :29:45.great, we should have had more possession and created more chances

:29:46. > :29:51.but maybe we have kept it for the next one? What were you hoping to

:29:52. > :29:57.achieve with the changes to the starting line-up? Boye we needed a

:29:58. > :30:02.bit of freshness, that is why they were made,.

:30:03. > :30:12.This is a huge step, now we cannot wait for the round of 16. Where they

:30:13. > :30:21.will probably face Belgium. As you may have heard by now Luis Suarez is

:30:22. > :30:26.out of the World Cup. Luis Suarez is suspended for nine matches and

:30:27. > :30:28.banned for four months from any football related activity. He is to

:30:29. > :30:30.be suspended for nine official be suspended for nine official

:30:31. > :30:34.matches. The first match be suspended for nine official

:30:35. > :30:40.suspension is to be served in the upcoming World Cup fixture between

:30:41. > :30:43.Columba and Uruguay -- Colombia. Luis Suarez is banned from

:30:44. > :30:44.Columba and Uruguay -- Colombia. part in any type of football related

:30:45. > :30:47.activity, part in any type of football related

:30:48. > :30:53.any other, part in any type of football related

:30:54. > :30:55.months in accordance with Article 22 of the Fifa disciplinary code.

:30:56. > :31:00.months in accordance with Article 22 confines of any stadium during the

:31:01. > :31:08.period of the ban. Luis Suarez is confines of any stadium during the

:31:09. > :31:13.ordered to pay a fine in the amount of 100,000 Swiss francs. The

:31:14. > :31:21.decision was notified to the player and the Uruguayan FA this morning.

:31:22. > :31:24.There is a quote from the chairman of the Fifa disciplinary panel.

:31:25. > :31:28."Such behaviour cannot be tolerated on any football pitch, and

:31:29. > :31:29.especially not at the Fifa World Cup when the eyes of millions of people

:31:30. > :31:38.are on the stars on the field. " There you have it, and the Uruguayan

:31:39. > :31:42.FA have announced the fact that they will appeal against it. They have

:31:43. > :31:48.three days to do it. That, in itself, does that surprise me? --

:31:49. > :31:52.you? It disturbs me. The rhetoric coming out of the camp, and Suarez

:31:53. > :32:00.himself. The big problem is they don't think there is a problem. If

:32:01. > :32:05.they think that's normal behaviour, it's dangerous, because as I said at

:32:06. > :32:10.the top of the programme, he did it against Chelsea on Ivanovic, so will

:32:11. > :32:13.he do it again? Then the fallout that would be horrific for Liverpool

:32:14. > :32:15.and their supporters. Let's catch up with the action from Portugal

:32:16. > :32:35.against Ghana. Ghana can't get hold of the ball,

:32:36. > :32:40.and when they do, they can't hold it. Cristiano Ronaldo. So close to

:32:41. > :32:43.the opening goal. We've not seen much from him this tournament, but

:32:44. > :32:54.that was merely something very special indeed. -- nearly something.

:32:55. > :33:01.Spaceport Barrera. -- space for Joao Pereira. Ronaldo. Great save by the

:33:02. > :33:07.goalkeeper. What a save by Dauda. He was 45 yards out, and he should

:33:08. > :33:14.scoring. Ball up into the centre, and Asamoah Jeana -- Diane --

:33:15. > :33:23.Asamoah gear. Moutinho. Lovely piece of skill. The

:33:24. > :33:37.low so with the delivery. It is an own goal. John Boye slices it

:33:38. > :33:54.agonisingly into his own net. It has just got a bit worse for Ghana now.

:33:55. > :34:08.Could be a chance. It's an equaliser. It is Asamoah Gyan. He is

:34:09. > :34:11.now the all-time leading African goal-scorer the World Cup finals. It

:34:12. > :34:22.is goal number six in his career, and it takes him clear of Roger

:34:23. > :34:29.Milla. Bit of space for Andre Ayew. Now it is with Asamoah Gyan. Good

:34:30. > :34:36.ball in. What a chance. What a chance headed wide. Not sure he's

:34:37. > :34:44.going to get a better chance than that. Really quite a poor header in

:34:45. > :34:51.the end. Nani now, for Portugal. Ronaldo in the middle. John Mensah

:34:52. > :34:59.underneath it. Flap away. Ronaldo with the chance. The scores. Ash and

:35:00. > :35:04.he scores. Ronaldo on target for the first time at this World Cup. It

:35:05. > :35:08.will be the last time as well. He has scored in each of the last three

:35:09. > :35:11.World Cup tournaments, the first Portuguese player ever to do so, and

:35:12. > :35:20.it is his 50th international goal. Both teams go home, so just two

:35:21. > :35:21.games remaining in the first phase, and you can see

:35:22. > :35:24.games remaining in the first phase, and highlights of both and more on

:35:25. > :35:29.the conclusion of the group, and the best goals of the tournament so far

:35:30. > :35:32.in the highlights at 11:20pm on BBC Two tonight. The second round starts

:35:33. > :35:37.on Saturday and you can see the first game of the last 16 as Brazil

:35:38. > :35:43.take on Chile, starting at 4:30 p.m.. Great game to look forward

:35:44. > :35:48.to, Brazil against Chile. Absolutely. One of the favourites,

:35:49. > :35:51.and the Chilean side, everyone has been impressed with their style of

:35:52. > :35:56.play, they're attacking flair. Should be a great spectacle of

:35:57. > :36:04.everyone. Can't wait. This is where the tournament starts. We haven't

:36:05. > :36:07.come all the way to see Brazil. I saw Chile against England earlier

:36:08. > :36:11.this season. They're so aggressive in the way they press the ball with

:36:12. > :36:18.Vidal and Sanchez upfront. I think Brazil have a tough game. Final word

:36:19. > :36:21.from you, America are through, Brad. America are through, and I'm going

:36:22. > :36:24.home happy man and I will watch the rest of the tournament. Not for the

:36:25. > :36:28.first time Jurgen Klinsmann and the Germans go through to the second

:36:29. > :36:30.round, and as we come to the close of the group stages, it must be time

:36:31. > :36:34.for a musical montage.