:00:33. > :00:38.Hello everybody. Welcome to your World Cup replay. This game is from
:00:39. > :00:42.receive a. It is America taking on Germany. Your commentary team is
:00:43. > :00:56.Mark Lawrenson and Guy Mowbray. COMMENTATOR The folly of building a
:00:57. > :01:01.brand-new stadium miles from where the team and supporters at to stay
:01:02. > :01:05.has been tested to the limit. In passable in many places. It has been
:01:06. > :01:11.a difficult journey taking five times as long. That is for the
:01:12. > :01:16.people making it at all. And still it is raining. Given that it looks
:01:17. > :01:22.in remarkably good condition, this page. -- this hitch. Jurgen
:01:23. > :01:28.Klinsmann would have smiled when this draw was made. A draw would
:01:29. > :01:31.ensure both teams go through to the last 16. We stand first for the
:01:32. > :04:20.national anthems. Those who have made it are in good
:04:21. > :04:24.voice. But you might see many empty seats. Particularly in the first
:04:25. > :04:33.half. There are an awful lot of people trying to make their way out.
:04:34. > :04:36.To the stadium. To the arena. It is not only year in Klinsmann and his
:04:37. > :04:41.special adviser with the connection to the opposition today. Fabian
:04:42. > :04:46.Johnson and Jermaine Jones were born and raised in Germany. The sons of
:04:47. > :04:50.American service personnel. Both represented the country. In the case
:04:51. > :04:55.of Jones, three times in senior internationals. They were so close
:04:56. > :04:58.to defeating Portugal on Sunday. Omar Gonzalez and Brad Davis have
:04:59. > :05:20.been brought in for Geoff Cameron hand Alejandro Bedoya.
:05:21. > :05:26.The referee is from Uzbekistan. He sent off the Croatian player on
:05:27. > :05:32.Monday. His third game of the World Cup. And nobody has done more than
:05:33. > :05:36.his five games in South Africa four years ago. The youngest referee in
:05:37. > :05:47.the tournament then and he is still aged only 36. Jerome Boateng and
:05:48. > :05:53.Thomas Muller have been passed fit after injuries against Ghana last
:05:54. > :05:56.time out. A first start this time round force Bastian Schweinsteiger
:05:57. > :06:02.in place of Sami Khedira. And Lukas Podolski will be called in after a
:06:03. > :06:11.great effort in training replacing Mario Gotze. He was great and he
:06:12. > :06:15.will be again. One of the reasons for the inclusion of Lukas Podolski
:06:16. > :06:19.is not just because he was flying in training but to stop Johnson flying
:06:20. > :06:26.down the right-hand side. Because for me the other night he was by far
:06:27. > :06:33.their best player. It was the main reason that they won their opening
:06:34. > :06:44.game against Ghana 2-1. 108 games, 47 goals for Germany. Only the great
:06:45. > :06:56.Gerd Muller has scored more. You can low -- Joachim Low moved up to the
:06:57. > :06:59.job from assistant. A nice herd. He is well protected against the
:07:00. > :07:04.elements. If anything this rain is getting even heavier. There are
:07:05. > :07:15.loads of commentary teams that have not even made it into the stadium.
:07:16. > :07:20.We have just about made it in time. Who out of the USA and Germany?
:07:21. > :07:25.Maybe both of them will make it into the last 16. They both have four
:07:26. > :07:26.points from the opening game. The other teams in the group have one
:07:27. > :07:39.apiece. Philipp Lahm. Germany in the red and
:07:40. > :07:51.black. The Dennis the Menace change strip. Couple-macro fullbacks on. --
:07:52. > :07:52.two fullbacks on. Uncomfortable wherever he is asked to play on the
:07:53. > :08:12.field. Sebastien Schweinsteiger. Beasley. Caused a little bit of a
:08:13. > :08:17.problem by Mesut Ozil. A Germany throw.
:08:18. > :08:27.Per Mertesacker. Allowed time to ponder. Philipp Lahm. Lifted up by
:08:28. > :08:33.Thomas Muller. Nowhere else to go for Mesut Ozil. A cross by Boateng.
:08:34. > :08:38.Muller going for something special and Lukas Podolski has blazed it.
:08:39. > :08:42.Just a little bit surprised with Thomas Muller, going for that.
:08:43. > :08:50.Unless he did not see it till quite late. A lovely early cross. One
:08:51. > :08:55.touch. And now he comes in. Set himself but did not make great
:08:56. > :09:00.contact. What a record Thomas Muller has. Eight World Cup appearances.
:09:01. > :09:06.Eight goals and four assists. Eight from just nine efforts on target.
:09:07. > :09:12.They love these conditions. Not quite as hot. A bit of rain in the
:09:13. > :09:18.faces as well. They will probably cook again. The tackles will have to
:09:19. > :09:23.be measured. There will be a fuse sliding efforts. Looking at Jermaine
:09:24. > :09:29.Jones. He might have two watches step in particular. Beckerman is
:09:30. > :09:35.into that one and the whistle has gone for offside already. It will be
:09:36. > :09:40.a free kick. We can see the plaster covering the stitches. Coming
:09:41. > :09:47.together at the end of the Ghana game. One of those accidental ones
:09:48. > :09:51.were it looks really bad. The thought at the time was he might
:09:52. > :09:59.have fractured his cheekbone. It was an absolute belter that he took. No
:10:00. > :10:06.real harm done. Thomas Muller can continue doing harm to opposing
:10:07. > :10:11.sides. Somehow seems appropriate that he is wearing the number 13
:10:12. > :10:17.that his namesake did all those years ago. Might be threatening his
:10:18. > :10:24.goal total. A bit different in stature, I think. About one foot on
:10:25. > :10:36.him, isn't it? Yes, and a low centre of gravity. Boateng. Kept away from
:10:37. > :10:43.the ball. Another with a German connection. Bradley. Used to play in
:10:44. > :10:53.the Bundesliga. Mesut Ozil. The stadium is slowly filling up.
:10:54. > :11:03.Philipp Lahm. Out to Howedes. One of those back fors which consists of
:11:04. > :11:06.four central defenders. When you drop Philipp Lahm in there as well
:11:07. > :11:14.if needed, it causes a big difference. Toni Kroos. Jerome
:11:15. > :11:25.Boateng. All German possession so far. Being played out in the USA
:11:26. > :11:31.half of the field, all the game. Toni Kroos. Sebastien
:11:32. > :11:39.Schweinsteiger. All the way over to Boateng. Beasley will have to get
:11:40. > :11:47.across. Boateng, not really convincing in his efforts to find
:11:48. > :12:00.Muller in the middle. Not posing too many problems to the USA. Davis.
:12:01. > :12:14.Bounces offside. First World Cup appearance for Brad Davis. Plays
:12:15. > :12:28.with Huston in the MLS. -- Houston. Toni Kroos. Finding Howedes. It has
:12:29. > :12:34.been given to the USA. Much to Benedikt Howedes's concern. Mats
:12:35. > :12:49.Hummels. It started pretty much as we thought
:12:50. > :12:59.it would. Lots of possession from the Germans. Trying to fill up the
:13:00. > :13:02.gaps. We will have a contest of the field as well. We will very much
:13:03. > :13:07.have a saying. I am sure you have heard by now that no nation has
:13:08. > :13:12.brought more supporters to the World Cup than the United States. Germany
:13:13. > :13:16.in great numbers as well. Both sets of supporters in great voice. Mesut
:13:17. > :13:26.Ozil dispossessed by DaMarcus Beasley. A Germany throw. Not just
:13:27. > :13:27.everyday fans following the United States as well. Will Ferrell is
:13:28. > :13:32.here. Glad I did not go anywhere
:13:33. > :13:42.near that one. Thomas Muller close to it
:13:43. > :14:39.but not close enough. That was being played out to
:14:40. > :15:01.a noise that will become familiar, singing, "I I believe that
:15:02. > :15:05.we will win". Must've been up all night
:15:06. > :15:08.coming up with that one. That was mis-kicked Gonzalez,
:15:09. > :15:54.who unsighted by Besler going to Gave the game away by chasing
:15:55. > :16:04.after it. Just before with Gonzalez,
:16:05. > :16:07.not dissimilar to what Cameron did the other night which presented
:16:08. > :16:11.Portugal the first goal for Nani. He gave a shout to Besler to
:16:12. > :16:15.leave it may be, because he did Mertesacker found Howedes
:16:16. > :16:37.in his way. Completely unmarked,
:16:38. > :16:41.the two of them. Dempsey will have to do a lot
:16:42. > :17:01.of that night to buy some time that Normally it is Bradley,
:17:02. > :17:05.but they need more numbers forward Seen as somebody who will have
:17:06. > :17:29.a long future in the national side. Howedes might get a yellow card
:17:30. > :17:45.for that. Absolutely,
:17:46. > :17:47.but it could have played on. Just a little bit quick,
:17:48. > :17:54.the referee, with that decision. Fabian Johnson was going to go
:17:55. > :17:57.on one of those storming runs You can't argue about
:17:58. > :18:07.the yellow card, but you might argue First German yellow card
:18:08. > :18:22.of the World Cup. A Germany side that is
:18:23. > :18:33.13 games unbeaten. Their last defeat came on 2nd
:18:34. > :18:36.June last year and it was 4-3 Jones had started to go
:18:37. > :19:01.on the right and had not been seen. Jones, a terrific leap above
:19:02. > :19:22.Howedes. The USA enjoy a spell
:19:23. > :19:28.of possession and their supporters His efforts to retrieve possession
:19:29. > :19:51.have resulted That's the trouble with the USA,
:19:52. > :20:05.nice build-up play, Dempsey scored a goal and sustained
:20:06. > :20:18.a bloody nose against Ghana. Good defending by Gonzalez, making
:20:19. > :20:29.sure he got in the way of Muller. He has attacked that with
:20:30. > :20:34.the outside of his right foot. Gonzalez might be better known to
:20:35. > :20:52.Germany had he not sustained cruciate
:20:53. > :20:55.ligament injury in the Bundesliga The collision was with
:20:56. > :21:02.his international team-mate, Tim Looked like it would be too high
:21:03. > :21:25.for Toni Kroos. Couldn't control
:21:26. > :21:27.where he put the header. Johnson was thinking about
:21:28. > :21:42.the pass outside while he played it Just a bit of a waste, because now
:21:43. > :21:48.the Germans are on the attack. Ground is slippy so you can slide
:21:49. > :22:09.into it. Gonzalez is a Texan born to Mexican
:22:10. > :22:23.parents. Podolski, managed to see off one
:22:24. > :22:34.challenge, cleared by Beckerman. I think we can forget any thoughts
:22:35. > :22:44.of both sides playing for a draw. The thing about the surface as well,
:22:45. > :22:54.you can zip the passes in, Boateng at this moment is doing
:22:55. > :23:03.a Johnson isn't he? America would prefer to win
:23:04. > :23:41.the group if they can. They are never
:23:42. > :23:47.underprepared are they? Germany in Port Alegre
:23:48. > :23:53.will find some support. Out comes Howard, now the referee, I
:23:54. > :24:08.thought he was going to have words As soon as there is a free kick he
:24:09. > :24:26.can go and revisit the decision. Cannot now,
:24:27. > :24:35.too much time has passed. He has forgotten what it was,
:24:36. > :24:38.that is why. He is the only man
:24:39. > :24:41.on the pitch with long dreadlocks. I am not being funny,
:24:42. > :25:00.I thought he was a tramp. Not the player, the guy in the
:25:01. > :25:06.lobby. Jones has got his hand up over
:25:07. > :25:16.on the far side. If anything,
:25:17. > :25:31.we have said about Boateng getting down the right-hand side for Germany
:25:32. > :25:39.relatively unopposed and now the chance
:25:40. > :25:44.also for Beasley to do the same. It is the full-backs playing against
:25:45. > :25:47.one another because both teams have Ozil, sharply done but well read
:25:48. > :26:13.by Bradley. The USA getting themselves
:26:14. > :26:16.into the game now after allowing Germany to dictate
:26:17. > :26:18.possession in the early stages. Hummels looked as
:26:19. > :26:24.though he might have impeded him. Podolski, in comes Bradley,
:26:25. > :26:35.no free kick. Muller goes for a goal
:26:36. > :26:39.but he lost his footing. I don't think Germany mind
:26:40. > :26:49.if the USA attack them a little bit, because Germany have
:26:50. > :26:52.had the ball given to them Hummels has given the ball to
:26:53. > :27:01.the USA. Manuel Neuer out to the edge
:27:02. > :27:10.of his limits. Beat Zusi but then presented
:27:11. > :27:51.the ball to DaMarcus Beasley. Germany with almost two thirds
:27:52. > :27:55.possession of the ball. Yes and it is probing
:27:56. > :28:09.possession isn't it? I don't know if you have heard
:28:10. > :28:14.but half-brother Kevin-Prince Boateng has gone home,
:28:15. > :28:18.sent home from the squad. An African team falling out
:28:19. > :28:49.at the World Cup? Jones trying to inject a bit
:28:50. > :28:55.of momentum. Davies. Bradley. A chance for Zusi. Going for gold. It
:28:56. > :29:00.would have been the right option. He was not far away at all. A really
:29:01. > :29:05.good attempt. The best attack of the game. For the USA. You might argue
:29:06. > :29:17.the best of the game as well. Crisp passing. Decent strike. Up and away.
:29:18. > :29:18.Argentina covered the gold in exactly the same circumstances
:29:19. > :29:38.yesterday. -- covered the goal. Lahm. So good as well, posing a
:29:39. > :29:39.little bit of a threat. Meaning the Germans cannot just pull forward,
:29:40. > :30:02.willy-nilly. Germany throw in. Still absolutely
:30:03. > :30:25.chucking it down. They are drifting in. Kroos. Per Mertesacker.
:30:26. > :30:35.Schweinsteiger. A nice ball into Toni Kroos. Threatening Dempster in
:30:36. > :30:41.all the tackles there. As soon as he came in there, there were three
:30:42. > :30:54.white shirts right into him. He has lost his range. They have a uniform
:30:55. > :30:58.the German coaching staff. V neck sweaters at the last World Cup. They
:30:59. > :31:02.have gone full dark navy shirts this time around. -- for dark navy
:31:03. > :31:16.shirts. Normally a very sartorial coach. He
:31:17. > :31:25.looks absolutely drowned today. Schweinsteiger, up towards mother.
:31:26. > :31:33.Dealt with by Beasley, Gonzales and the offside flag. Just putting his
:31:34. > :31:40.hand to his stitches. Beasley. How much further can he go? He had the
:31:41. > :31:46.foresight to stop and wait for help. They had to. There was nobody else
:31:47. > :31:54.in the box. Johnson. Bradley, trying to get himself ready. Allowing a
:31:55. > :31:59.chance for Howedes to get it back for Germany. Lukas Podolski was
:32:00. > :32:06.struggling to put the brakes on. Beckerman has caught him. Free kick.
:32:07. > :32:17.A little bit lucky. Just starting to loiter on the ball. Sebastian
:32:18. > :32:30.Schweinsteiger. Incomes Bradley. Really bothering
:32:31. > :33:21.Schweinsteiger. Mats Hummels. Schweinsteiger. Boateng. But all ski
:33:22. > :33:32.will not get anywhere near that one. Forcing the error. When the first
:33:33. > :33:38.man goes, they all kind of move. The midfield, Beckerman, Jones, Zusi and
:33:39. > :33:45.Davis, they stay on their feet and make it very difficult. It is being
:33:46. > :33:49.lapped up across the United States. So many have travelled here. So many
:33:50. > :33:54.are wearing the red white and blue back home. We have said it if you
:33:55. > :34:05.time is before and it continues to grow at a pace. Prime-time
:34:06. > :34:07.television in America when it takes. But the problem is I think they do
:34:08. > :34:46.not want it to take off. Back to Bradley. Beckerman thought
:34:47. > :34:52.about going back to Tim Howard but out of the corner of his eye, Zusi
:34:53. > :34:56.coming out to help him. Johnson is taking the long route around to
:34:57. > :35:05.shape across. A block in the box and it was the referee getting in the
:35:06. > :35:11.way of Jermaine Jones. You can see the referee in the centre of the
:35:12. > :35:24.picture here. It was not his fault. He was merrily jogging along. A
:35:25. > :35:33.feral block. -- a fair old block. Just a throw into the USA.
:35:34. > :35:49.Johnson. Continued as he played throughout the first couple of
:35:50. > :35:55.games. A Munich, Bonn and Hoffenheim player.
:35:56. > :36:03.Beckerman. Johnson is going again. Just had to check back. It will be a
:36:04. > :36:09.throw for Germany deep back in their own half. No goals yet. No goals in
:36:10. > :36:15.the other game between Portugal and Ghana. Meaning the table is looking
:36:16. > :36:18.like this. Germany at the top with five points. USA also with five but
:36:19. > :36:25.the better German goal difference will have been going through as
:36:26. > :36:35.group winners. So far so good for America. Very comfortable at the
:36:36. > :36:45.moment. They have not done anything stupid defensively. Defended well
:36:46. > :36:50.has 18. -- defended well as a team. Went to the very last seconds four
:36:51. > :36:55.years ago, confirming their place in the last 16, a late winner against
:36:56. > :37:00.Algeria by Donovan. Avoiding relegation and winning the group.
:37:01. > :37:08.Just naivete, they have done so well. What a cross it was by
:37:09. > :37:12.Christiano Ronaldo. It was, it was. But even so they could have kept it
:37:13. > :37:21.on about three separate occasions just to win the game. Philipp Lahm,
:37:22. > :37:32.crossing. Lukas Podolski darting into the penalty area. Takes out Tim
:37:33. > :37:45.Howard. Howard was more than ready. Comfortable, isn't it? Managed to
:37:46. > :37:52.stay in front of Zusi. Gonzales has to turn back. Just down this
:37:53. > :37:55.right-hand side as well, the fact that Howedes has been booked, you
:37:56. > :38:03.could have a couple of people running at him. They have got the
:38:04. > :38:08.players down that side with Johnson and Zusi, both pretty quick. The
:38:09. > :38:09.flag is up against Muller. He thought he did enough. But I am
:38:10. > :38:32.pretty sure he is. -- he's off. It will be a free kick for the USA.
:38:33. > :38:35.It is Portugal, one, Garner, nil. That would take Portugal up to four
:38:36. > :38:40.points, almost within touching distance of Germany and the USA but
:38:41. > :38:43.their goal difference is terrible, after they were thrashed 4-0 by
:38:44. > :39:05.Germany in the opening game. Bradley. Headed away by Per
:39:06. > :39:15.Mertesacker. A good ball in the box. Beckerman. Thought that he was
:39:16. > :39:24.unfairly holding his arm. Boateng. Mesut Ozil is on the run. Trying to
:39:25. > :39:33.stay in front of him, Beasley. Just got away with it, a little bit.
:39:34. > :39:41.Bradley spots the run of Jones. Jones in between. I tell you what,
:39:42. > :39:47.that was a whisker away. That was a great run. A decent ball. Just
:39:48. > :39:56.skidding off the surface a little bit. Mesut Ozil. Sebastian
:39:57. > :40:02.Schweinsteiger. Lukas Podolski. From his head. Expressing his
:40:03. > :40:08.frustration. Normally get them just as he likes them. Unusual. A great
:40:09. > :40:19.ball from Bradley. Just skidding off the surface. Inside the centre
:40:20. > :40:22.back. A quick look at the table, how it has slightly changed with
:40:23. > :40:27.Portugal taking the lead against Garner. As it stands, they can get
:40:28. > :40:36.into second place in the qualifying spot. It could change if Germany go
:40:37. > :40:42.three up against the USA. Then the goal difference will come into it.
:40:43. > :40:47.No sides are better at the moment though. No.
:40:48. > :41:01.Lukas Podolski. Badgered by Zusi. Wrestled by Zusi but on goes the
:41:02. > :41:05.game with Bradley. Philipp Lahm, Mesut Ozil. Muller is trying to stay
:41:06. > :41:15.onside. Schweinsteiger is there on the left. He took too long to think
:41:16. > :41:24.about it. Beasley started well, actually. Of Rangers and Manchester
:41:25. > :41:33.City. He has done the rounds, has DaMarcus Beasley. In Mexico, with
:41:34. > :41:36.Puebla. Thomas Muller. Nice ball. Mesut Ozil. Nice drop off the
:41:37. > :41:56.shoulder. And swivelled away by Howard. Gonzales. Boateng.
:41:57. > :42:03.Kroos. Spotting the run of Howedes, Zusi spotted it late but just in
:42:04. > :42:26.time. To the floor as well. Boateng. Lahm. Did not find the target.
:42:27. > :42:35.Dempsey, to Bradley. Davis. Through to Jones. Jones trying to do two
:42:36. > :42:37.things at once. What a waste. Zusi was away on the right. Lukas
:42:38. > :43:04.Podolski. Mesut Ozil. Beasley. Coming in, Podolski. A
:43:05. > :43:13.decent save as well by Tim Howard. Really zipping off the surface.
:43:14. > :43:20.Through the legs. Would not have helped the site. He saved it. That
:43:21. > :43:26.is all that matters. Dempsey apologising
:43:27. > :43:30.for making the wrong run. Interesting the Bradley is playing
:43:31. > :43:46.as an orthodox central midfielder. He is not bursting forward
:43:47. > :43:48.so much today. Looking for Dempsey and it comes
:43:49. > :43:51.off Matt Hummels. He missed the German cup final
:43:52. > :44:28.at the end Taken the place of Khedira,
:44:29. > :44:35.because he has had knee problems Schweinsteiger possibly that bit
:44:36. > :44:52.more dynamic than Sami Khedira. Mertesacker won't be given
:44:53. > :45:13.much time by Dempsey. Hummels,
:45:14. > :45:40.strong enough to hold off Dempsey. Podolski has Muller coming in
:45:41. > :45:48.on the right. He just read the play
:45:49. > :45:56.from his starting position. That's a really good place
:45:57. > :46:08.to come and grab it. Just a bit slow getting in there,
:46:09. > :46:43.they had white shirts in the opposition penalty area
:46:44. > :46:48.for a change. Just managed to keep it in
:46:49. > :47:04.and he has won the USA a corner. Mertesacker thought
:47:05. > :47:07.Zusi had overrun it. That automatic reaction
:47:08. > :47:13.from Mertesacker took Germany have pulled everybody
:47:14. > :47:28.back into the box to make There is a real queue in front
:47:29. > :47:35.of Manuel Neuer. He took a couple of paces inside,
:47:36. > :47:43.and if he had stayed in his original position he might
:47:44. > :47:47.have got his head on it. Not a great game,
:47:48. > :48:10.but it is intriguing. Mertesacker is allowed
:48:11. > :48:18.to amble forward. Jones
:48:19. > :48:59.in a tangle with Schweinsteiger. Jones is three years
:49:00. > :49:11.Schweinsteiger's senior and once upon a time was
:49:12. > :49:23.an international team-mate His last Germany game was
:49:24. > :49:31.against England in 2008. It is said that if he repeats
:49:32. > :49:44.his goal against Portugal, if he does, he has had a good game,
:49:45. > :49:48.and what a goal it was, but he will not
:49:49. > :49:51.celebrate against his motherland. You would do a lap of honour,
:49:52. > :49:55.wouldn't you? You would if you pinged one in
:49:56. > :49:58.from 35 yards. He did sort
:49:59. > :50:24.of half take Muller with him. What is your opinion of
:50:25. > :50:42.Per Mertesacker? When you isolate him, because of his
:50:43. > :50:48.long legs, he is not the quickest, but if you get people around him
:50:49. > :50:51.quickly, and people know there is Not in the same league,
:50:52. > :51:05.but they used to say Bobby Moore By the way, Marquez
:51:06. > :51:20.for Mexico, he can't run. I would have brought John Terry
:51:21. > :51:31.anyway. Dempsey returns it to
:51:32. > :51:37.Jermaine Jones. One touch to control,
:51:38. > :51:51.the second to shoot. He took his eye
:51:52. > :51:53.off it. I think that will be
:51:54. > :52:00.the last action of the first half. The Germans wanted Bradley
:52:01. > :52:03.booked for the challenge. This is the one that caused Jones
:52:04. > :52:20.to be hurt. We are just going to have
:52:21. > :52:26.one minute added on. But they are not playing for just
:52:27. > :52:35.a point, it has been competitive. It is just
:52:36. > :52:43.a wonder we have not had a goal. The referee says play on,
:52:44. > :53:14.advantage USA. Unfortunately it has not
:53:15. > :53:18.been raining goals. Let's hope for some
:53:19. > :53:21.in the second half. It's known as the Brazilian Venice
:53:22. > :54:11.here, and that is exactly what the streets looked
:54:12. > :54:14.like on the way to the ground. As well as substituting his shirt,
:54:15. > :54:17.Joachim Low is making Lukas Podolski is making way
:54:18. > :54:22.for Miroslav Klose. Is this the day that the World Cup
:54:23. > :54:25.goal-scoring record becomes He came on in the game against Ghana
:54:26. > :54:42.and scored, a minute and a half He has 45 minutes to find the net
:54:43. > :54:50.in this one. 0-0, the USA sticking to the team
:54:51. > :55:01.that started the game, for now. I think Thomas Muller will play
:55:02. > :55:03.on the right-hand side. Klose scored with his first
:55:04. > :55:10.touch against the Ghanaians. It was a while before the USA got
:55:11. > :55:14.a touch of the start of the first half, and Germany will try to start
:55:15. > :55:17.with that sort of rhythm again. Bradley is on to him
:55:18. > :55:25.every time he gets the ball. Schweinsteiger did
:55:26. > :55:33.not catch it right. Brilliant, otherwise it is
:55:34. > :55:45.a free header and 1-0. Just reacting to
:55:46. > :55:49.the danger very quickly. The deflection of the German player
:55:50. > :55:52.means it will be a goalkick for Just got a feeling towards the end
:55:53. > :56:29.of the first half that Jermaine Jones was starting to get under
:56:30. > :56:43.Bastian Schweinsteiger's skin. We said he would start on the right,
:56:44. > :56:55.but he will drift across, and also drift across the other side
:56:56. > :56:58.of the American back four, Well, not the best pass,
:56:59. > :57:17.but he wasn't ready for it either. A player of his quality,
:57:18. > :57:19.that's not good enough. I think that they still believe that
:57:20. > :57:24.they will win, the USA supporters. A good point made by the boys
:57:25. > :57:28.in the studio, that as it goes on, it is natural, ten minutes to go,
:57:29. > :57:31.still 0-0, you would not expect We might get a goal before then that
:57:32. > :57:43.could liven things up considerably. Klose, no chance he
:57:44. > :58:13.will settle for 0-0. Klose might be an attacking
:58:14. > :58:23.improvement because Podolski was We made the point in the previous
:58:24. > :58:35.game against Ghana about the USA being a team that is used to winning
:58:36. > :58:38.in their qualifying region. They have won 20 of
:58:39. > :58:41.their last 26 international games. We have seen Mexico, Costa Rica and,
:58:42. > :58:44.that region is not bad at all. They were a pub team,
:58:45. > :59:05.they just whacked everybody. And Tim Howard knew it
:59:06. > :59:37.was going past the post. That is what he does
:59:38. > :59:39.when he plays wide rather than through the middle, he will drift
:59:40. > :59:44.everywhere and find himself space. Becomes much more
:59:45. > :59:46.of a dangerous player. Joachim Low said he was unlike any
:59:47. > :59:50.other forward he has worked with in that he does not run
:59:51. > :59:56.in the lines you can predict. Both Lahm and Schweinsteiger
:59:57. > :00:15.with misplaced passes. I'm sure there are flecks of grey
:00:16. > :00:24.in Joachim Low's hair now. The ultimate professional, Jurgen
:00:25. > :00:31.Klinsmann, and his former colleague. He was just heading back down to
:00:32. > :00:43.earth as the ball met his head. The USA are claiming offside,
:00:44. > :00:47.but they disappeared completely. Now he is
:00:48. > :01:00.on the field we might see more Lahm was caught late by Bradley
:01:01. > :02:02.and it will be a German free kick. Yes, in the past World Cups he
:02:03. > :02:18.might have got a yellow card. There has been a feeling that
:02:19. > :02:20.the referees have been lenient, Toni Kroos has got himself ready
:02:21. > :02:27.for this. Does he actually really need a
:02:28. > :02:45.three-man wall from that distance? Might be better
:02:46. > :02:47.off being able to see it. The Americans starting to
:02:48. > :03:13.get a little bit deeper. It only needs one lack
:03:14. > :03:18.of concentration. If the crosses are allowed to keep
:03:19. > :03:21.coming into Miroslav Klose, Or at
:03:22. > :03:24.the worst he will set somebody up. Straight in,
:03:25. > :03:30.Thomas Muller with a beauty. A really good save from Tim Howard
:03:31. > :03:57.tipping it away, Caught a little bit asleep, America,
:03:58. > :04:03.from the original corner. He drifts into places where
:04:04. > :04:11.nobody picks him up. The target is made for him,
:04:12. > :04:15.outside of the defender, Besler. That might just make Germany go
:04:16. > :04:28.up another one or two gears. Schweinsteiger looking to
:04:29. > :04:34.Thomas Muller again. In the city where
:04:35. > :04:45.the signs are all about the bay, warning you not to take a dip
:04:46. > :04:48.because of sharks, you are right. Germany are the sharks
:04:49. > :04:50.of the world game. Recovered in time,
:04:51. > :05:10.but only to give it to Klose. Muller into Klose,
:05:11. > :05:18.cleared by Beckerman. The United States, at the moment,
:05:19. > :05:20.are just hanging on. Schweinsteiger to Beckerman,
:05:21. > :06:08.and in came Klose with Thomas Muller's fourth goal
:06:09. > :06:23.of the World Cup. Muller having picked up the award
:06:24. > :06:46.in South Africa four years ago. Need to try and get Johnson
:06:47. > :07:00.in the game, don't they? They are going to get Alejandro
:07:01. > :07:03.Bedoya into the game shortly. United States have that
:07:04. > :07:38.substitute getting ready. Had his shirt tucked by
:07:39. > :07:43.Jones, Germany free kick. We have had our goal in the game
:07:44. > :07:45.between Portugal and Ghana. Asamoah Gyan has equalised
:07:46. > :07:47.for Ghana. That is bad news for United States
:07:48. > :07:50.because if Ghana get another, and the goal difference situation
:07:51. > :07:52.is changing as well, it might mean that the USA need
:07:53. > :07:58.something from this one. As it stands it is still Germany
:07:59. > :08:01.first, USA second. It is a very fluid situation and you
:08:02. > :08:05.can bet your bottom dollar that Jurgen Klinsmann will be fully aware
:08:06. > :08:29.of the situation in the other game. The second touch is
:08:30. > :08:32.to Schweinsteiger. I am sorry, it does not matter how
:08:33. > :08:44.long you have been on, He only replaced Brad Davis a few
:08:45. > :09:02.seconds ago, but Yellow card tackle
:09:03. > :09:24.but he does not get one. Look where Muller is playing now,
:09:25. > :09:27.almost off the centre forward. He just leaves people, popping off,
:09:28. > :10:00.such a good finisher. I cannot remember when Clint Dempsey
:10:01. > :10:07.last had a kick. He is doing a lot of chasing
:10:08. > :10:29.at the moment. Schweinsteiger lifts
:10:30. > :10:41.it through to Ozil. Klose in the middle, joined
:10:42. > :10:43.by Boateng and Schweinsteiger. Now the USA want play brought
:10:44. > :10:48.back because DaMarcus Beasley That will be a free kick
:10:49. > :11:00.and another booking, He has got to get a grip,
:11:01. > :11:13.the man in blue. They are complaining saying he
:11:14. > :11:17.should have brought it back but it was America's own fault,
:11:18. > :11:22.they gave the ball away. Won a state wrestling title
:11:23. > :11:45.in high school, Kyle Beckerman. Klose loses out to Beasley,
:11:46. > :12:05.retrieved but only to give the US That might help the USA
:12:06. > :12:12.a little bit. As long as they can keep 11 men
:12:13. > :12:50.on the pitch. Close to mother. That is where he is
:12:51. > :12:58.now. -- close to Muller. Nothing to do. Lost the touch of the ball. Down
:12:59. > :13:04.goes Johnson. Fouled by Mesut Ozil. The USA, free kick. Sarcastic
:13:05. > :13:12.cheering from the red, white and blue. And some jeering from the
:13:13. > :13:23.crowd. Yes, it was his hip before he made contact. Bradley has lost it.
:13:24. > :13:33.The careful. He is explaining it away. He might just be one foul away
:13:34. > :13:41.now. I think he is making that point to the referee. Miroslav Klose.
:13:42. > :13:51.Gonzales was leaving it to Johnson, and vice versa. That will be a free
:13:52. > :13:55.kick. No, advantage, Germany. Barging into the back,
:13:56. > :13:57.Schweinsteiger. From Toni Kroos, back to his feet here. Per
:13:58. > :14:13.Mertesacker. Bouncing Germans behind the Tim
:14:14. > :14:21.Howard goal. They are enjoying this one now.
:14:22. > :14:47.Howedes. Mesut Ozil. He has continued forward, Howedes. Bedoya.
:14:48. > :14:53.Out in front of it, America. Muller. Dempsey, desperately needs a bit of
:14:54. > :14:57.help when it comes his way. Jones was caught off stride. He was in
:14:58. > :15:13.between. I do not know why he stopped. Such a sweet strike.
:15:14. > :15:22.Just measured but with enough pace, in many ways the defender did him
:15:23. > :15:25.a favour because it was a case of easing it around him.
:15:26. > :15:44.So well controlled, that strike from Thomas Muller.
:15:45. > :16:26.Has to come up with something I think.
:16:27. > :16:38.World Cup winner in 1990, European champion in 1996.
:16:39. > :16:47.Some player, some coach in 2006 as well.
:16:48. > :16:50.Pretty much is a fully-fledged American now,
:16:51. > :16:58.His wife is from California isn't she?
:16:59. > :17:03.And he is revolutionising the sport over there.
:17:04. > :17:06.He said something the other day that went across the States, urging
:17:07. > :17:10.bosses at all companies to give everyone the day off to watch this.
:17:11. > :17:18.A clever piece of marketing, to get everyone onside with soccer.
:17:19. > :17:22.The main resistance comes from other sports.
:17:23. > :17:28.Yes, they don't want it to succeed, that is the problem.
:17:29. > :17:31.Has he not got a bigger title than just manager as well?
:17:32. > :17:34.Is he not some sort of technical thing as well?
:17:35. > :18:05.Ghana are level with Portugal in the other game in the group.
:18:06. > :18:13.As it stands, both of these teams would be going through.
:18:14. > :18:16.I cannot remember the USA being in the goalmouth of Neuer
:18:17. > :18:41.I think we have only said Neuer's name once and that is
:18:42. > :18:49.You know how you said it had stopped raining?
:18:50. > :18:51.Yes, it is hammering it down again now.
:18:52. > :19:12.They certainly have to put the towering figure of Gonzalez in
:19:13. > :19:51.Dempsey down, play goes on with Germany breaking.
:19:52. > :19:54.Schweinsteiger, trying to slide rule the ball into Muller.
:19:55. > :20:16.Schweinsteiger, what a ball, nicely controlled as well.
:20:17. > :20:53.Germany through on seven points, USA through with four.
:20:54. > :21:16.The USA are level on goal difference, Ghana are at -1.
:21:17. > :21:29.Could be improved here if Dempsey can do something.
:21:30. > :21:33.He's already broken his nose once in the tournament.
:21:34. > :21:36.The referees and a great position to this.
:21:37. > :21:38.Don't think Mats Hummels did a lot wrong.
:21:39. > :21:40.Both headed the ball at the same time.
:21:41. > :21:42.As much as anything, because you've broken your nose,
:21:43. > :21:50.Not a great deal of contact with the face.
:21:51. > :21:52.Hands up instinctively to protect the delicate area.
:21:53. > :21:55.It's funny, because he came out at the start of the second half,
:21:56. > :22:38.It looked like they had been fighting each other.
:22:39. > :22:41.Just like the one the first time, when you least
:22:42. > :22:47.Jones will have come out of that the worst.
:22:48. > :23:28.The thing is, it gives players to come off and have a drink, have a
:23:29. > :23:31.word with Klinsmann, but the fourth officially saying that they can't.
:23:32. > :23:33.The most concern is with Jermaine Jones here.
:23:34. > :23:42.Thomas Muller knows how that feels from his last game.
:23:43. > :23:48.And here again is Thomas Muller's arrow into the USA net.
:23:49. > :24:00.No panic, sizing up the situation in a split second.
:24:01. > :24:03.His goal is the difference, and his goals are so often
:24:04. > :24:23.He wasn't a regular starter for Bayern Munich last year,
:24:24. > :24:25.when he did, he made it count.
:24:26. > :24:27.What did he get, two against Manchester City
:24:28. > :24:33.Just got a bloody nose, but think what it could have been.
:24:34. > :24:35.If he's given the choice he will continue.
:24:36. > :24:45.The fact they ran into each other, do you think?
:24:46. > :24:58.Schweinsteiger is going off, and coming on his Mario Gotze.
:24:59. > :25:04.Seven years his junior, but he is following in his footsteps
:25:05. > :25:25.I think he is going to play centrally as well.
:25:26. > :25:36.Jones has been mopped up and is ready to make his reappearance.
:25:37. > :26:19.Howedes was too casual trying to find Ozil.
:26:20. > :26:23.Neuer is enjoying having a few touches.
:26:24. > :26:56.No signs, looking at the touchline, of any imminent changes to be made
:26:57. > :27:30.He has one ear on what is happening elsewhere, doesn't he?
:27:31. > :28:00.A Ghana goal in the other game, they would edge ahead of the USA
:28:01. > :28:26.Same sort of position as Muller, but that's the only comparison.
:28:27. > :29:16.Yes, that was like a backpass. In all sorts of trouble. It will be a
:29:17. > :29:28.Germany corner. They will try and make sure they keep it out. Gonzales
:29:29. > :29:38.miscued that one. Gotze cannot go any further. I have got News for
:29:39. > :29:44.you, there is a goal in the other one. It means one of the teams has
:29:45. > :29:46.got four points but the good news for the USA is that it is Portugal.
:29:47. > :29:53.Christiano Ronaldo has scored. As it stands, the USA have got four
:29:54. > :29:55.points, Portugal have got four points but the goal difference is
:29:56. > :30:00.-3. And there are cheers from the US section of the crowd. How many
:30:01. > :30:11.minutes left in that other game? Do we know? I would say roughly seven.
:30:12. > :30:25.I am not sure what he was saying. He will leave the throw in for Beasley.
:30:26. > :30:32.Mesut Ozil cannot get it. No equations are necessary if their
:30:33. > :30:38.side can score here. It is not looking likely, is it? You must have
:30:39. > :30:45.played in games like this. Were you half listening for results from
:30:46. > :30:54.elsewhere? No. I knew that was coming!
:30:55. > :31:22.Cleared by Neuer. Klose. Beasley. Jones. Beckerman. Gonzales.
:31:23. > :31:35.Given away by Beasley. Beckerman has it now and he has lost out to Gotze.
:31:36. > :31:40.Mesut Ozil is forced to check and he cleverly finds Gotze. Mesut Ozil. He
:31:41. > :31:50.gets it away. He is onto it and he has overran it. I was just telling
:31:51. > :32:01.the referee that he could not possibly stop here but it is a free
:32:02. > :32:08.kick. Substitution. Taking of Graham Zusi, the winger and putting on
:32:09. > :32:16.Yedlin. He is a right full-back but a frustrated when. He came on the
:32:17. > :32:20.other night against Portugal. Just kind of dovetailed down the
:32:21. > :32:25.right-hand side. He is quick as well, this boy. He is quicker than
:32:26. > :32:41.Zusi. Plays in Seattle. One of those should be Brazilian in
:32:42. > :32:53.the way that he plays full-back. Clint Dempsey. Yedlin. Robert is
:32:54. > :33:02.6-macro in the box. The ball is not. -- Bedoya is in the box.
:33:03. > :33:10.Andre Shirl is going to come on for Germany. It will be the second
:33:11. > :33:22.subject appearance for him at the World Cup. -- substitute
:33:23. > :33:26.appearance. Per Mertesacker. Almost caught by Bradley and not for the
:33:27. > :33:46.first time. Mesut Ozil. Gonzales is all over him. Toni Kroos. He plays
:33:47. > :34:04.with such maturity. He is 24 now. 47 caps already. Mertesacker. Boateng.
:34:05. > :34:16.Just over five minutes out of the 90 remaining. Yedlin. Dispossessed
:34:17. > :34:27.Howedes who has got a real problem with him on the field now. Bedoya. I
:34:28. > :34:38.think he kind of thought, if he was passing he might hit it first time.
:34:39. > :34:53.Gotze. Getting it back. A touch of fortune. Downs from Philipp Lahm to
:34:54. > :35:01.him and again fortune for Gotze and the flag is up against Miroslav
:35:02. > :35:05.Klose. Into the closing minutes. A reminder of how the group stands
:35:06. > :35:09.just at the moment, Portugal leading Ghana 2-1 in the other game that is
:35:10. > :35:15.taking place at the same time. Germany through as group winners,
:35:16. > :35:20.seven points. USA through with four points ahead of Portugal on goal
:35:21. > :35:29.difference. Andy Garner would be left at the bottom. -- Ghana would
:35:30. > :35:36.be left at the bottom. Free kick. That goal for Portugal has got the
:35:37. > :35:44.USA supporters at least a lot more comfortable with the closing few
:35:45. > :35:50.minutes here. If they get three more, they will not be comfortable.
:35:51. > :35:55.No doubt Germany deserved to win this game. As it stands they could
:35:56. > :36:07.both go through. It would be no mean achievement for the USA. Mertesacker
:36:08. > :36:14.is safely back to Neuer. Has he made a save? I cannot think of one off
:36:15. > :36:25.the top of my head. Certainly not in the second half. Clint Dempsey.
:36:26. > :36:41.Cannot think of the United States effort on target. Gotze. Boateng.
:36:42. > :36:49.Muller. Germany are content to keep possession until the end and maybe
:36:50. > :36:52.spring something with Philipp Lahm. He is back. Too much pace on that.
:36:53. > :37:15.Jones. Clint Dempsey. Beasley, to Clint Dempsey. Crowded
:37:16. > :37:20.out a bit. It did break for Beasley. Back to his winger days for a
:37:21. > :37:29.moment. Muller was in his way. Everybody is up for the bench. The
:37:30. > :37:36.free kick has gone to Germany. He has hardly touched him. Hardly
:37:37. > :37:43.touched him. Up you get. The coach included. To be fair to Juergen
:37:44. > :37:47.Klinsmann he has not taken his seat on that bench all day long. A
:37:48. > :38:01.Germany change. Mesut Ozil is going off. And a few minutes of game time
:38:02. > :38:10.for Scurrle. We will just have a delay. You can guess the reasons. We
:38:11. > :38:18.have got a Bayern Munich supporter with his towel. Never mind. The
:38:19. > :38:34.German village, a German village has lost its idiot. And now he will be
:38:35. > :38:38.leaving! One minutes ago. He might get a police escort back in. Philipp
:38:39. > :39:25.Lahm. Philipp Lahm, finding Mertesacker.
:39:26. > :39:29.Boateng. Blasted away by Neuer. Thomas Muller, coming back from
:39:30. > :39:33.being offside. Stoppage time. At least four more minutes of play.
:39:34. > :39:41.Four minutes of additional time in the other match as well. The United
:39:42. > :39:49.States will want these four minutes to go by with a flash in both games
:39:50. > :40:02.with nothing more happening. Bradley, back to Howard.
:40:03. > :40:10.Looking diagonally right and that is where he puts the ball. Jones.
:40:11. > :40:21.Bouncing up all could be. Philipp Lahm, back to Neuer. He was just
:40:22. > :40:26.making sure that the crowd saw him. Quite relieved to have something.
:40:27. > :40:38.Check these skills out. Here is Bradley. We should tell them
:40:39. > :40:52.Portugal is 4-1 up and see what happens. They are not! Just 2-1.
:40:53. > :40:56.Scurrle. Gotze has got plenty of room. Scurrle going for it himself.
:40:57. > :41:10.Now it is Gotze. Toni Kroos. This is where the United States
:41:11. > :41:10.slipped up last night. Just a lack of concentration, tiredness,
:41:11. > :41:25.eccentric. -- and so on. Should be all right now. Were they
:41:26. > :41:37.to concede another, Portugal would have to score a couple.
:41:38. > :41:55.Mats Hummels. Gotze. Scurrle once it returning. Now the runners are
:41:56. > :42:01.going. Clint Dempsey. Bradley. Can he look across and see Von Bergen?
:42:02. > :42:10.First man in the chain is Jones. Vince Dempsey. That was great,
:42:11. > :42:19.absolutely fantastic. All or nothing. A great attack as well.
:42:20. > :42:26.Bradley, not a bad cross. Coming in. Clint Dempsey! Just over the top. He
:42:27. > :42:35.actually got too much on it. Needed more of a flick, doesn't it? A
:42:36. > :42:47.flurry of excitement right at the end. You could have scored two in
:42:48. > :42:57.about 30 seconds. Celebrate in a few moments, Jurgen Klinsmann.
:42:58. > :43:10.That would have done it. That would have taken any guessing games out of
:43:11. > :43:16.it. Yes. A draw would suit both sides. Nonsense, look at Philipp
:43:17. > :43:27.Lahm with a blocked tackle. Times have changed since 1982. We have had
:43:28. > :43:34.Germany winning it by one. Thomas Muller's goal. Problems for
:43:35. > :43:38.supporters of both sides trying to get to the stadium but it looks like
:43:39. > :43:45.it is going to be smiles all round. Jurgen Klinsmann has got half a
:43:46. > :43:50.smile on his face. He knows his team are through. Does not have to worry
:43:51. > :43:53.about anything else. When the final score is confirmed with Portugal,
:43:54. > :43:59.the United States will be able to join Germany in celebrating. And I
:44:00. > :44:05.think Mark, you think that the USA are well worth their place.
:44:06. > :44:10.Certainly. They have got a bit of a lack of quality but great
:44:11. > :44:16.application, effort and the will to win. Very well coached. Very
:44:17. > :44:19.athletic. They have made up for some of their shortcomings. A fantastic
:44:20. > :44:24.achievement to get out of the group. The news comes through that
:44:25. > :44:26.it has finished, two - one. USA are second go through. Germany topping
:44:27. > :44:48.the group. USA, nil. Germany, one. That result is enough to send both
:44:49. > :44:52.the USA and Germany through from their group. Portugal and Ghana
:44:53. > :44:54.played each other and both this out. We will see you again soon for
:44:55. > :44:57.another World Cup replay. Goodbye.