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Hello everybody. Welcome to your World Cup replay. This game is from

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receive a. It is America taking on Germany. Your commentary team is

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Mark Lawrenson and Guy Mowbray. COMMENTATOR The folly of building a

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brand-new stadium miles from where the team and supporters at to stay

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has been tested to the limit. In passable in many places. It has been

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a difficult journey taking five times as long. That is for the

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people making it at all. And still it is raining. Given that it looks

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in remarkably good condition, this page. -- this hitch. Jurgen

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Klinsmann would have smiled when this draw was made. A draw would

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ensure both teams go through to the last 16. We stand first for the

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national anthems. Those who have made it are in good

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voice. But you might see many empty seats. Particularly in the first

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half. There are an awful lot of people trying to make their way out.

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To the stadium. To the arena. It is not only year in Klinsmann and his

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special adviser with the connection to the opposition today. Fabian

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Johnson and Jermaine Jones were born and raised in Germany. The sons of

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American service personnel. Both represented the country. In the case

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of Jones, three times in senior internationals. They were so close

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to defeating Portugal on Sunday. Omar Gonzalez and Brad Davis have

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been brought in for Geoff Cameron hand Alejandro Bedoya.

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The referee is from Uzbekistan. He sent off the Croatian player on

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Monday. His third game of the World Cup. And nobody has done more than

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his five games in South Africa four years ago. The youngest referee in

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the tournament then and he is still aged only 36. Jerome Boateng and

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Thomas Muller have been passed fit after injuries against Ghana last

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time out. A first start this time round force Bastian Schweinsteiger

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in place of Sami Khedira. And Lukas Podolski will be called in after a

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great effort in training replacing Mario Gotze. He was great and he

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will be again. One of the reasons for the inclusion of Lukas Podolski

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is not just because he was flying in training but to stop Johnson flying

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down the right-hand side. Because for me the other night he was by far

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their best player. It was the main reason that they won their opening

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game against Ghana 2-1. 108 games, 47 goals for Germany. Only the great

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Gerd Muller has scored more. You can low -- Joachim Low moved up to the

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job from assistant. A nice herd. He is well protected against the

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elements. If anything this rain is getting even heavier. There are

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loads of commentary teams that have not even made it into the stadium.

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We have just about made it in time. Who out of the USA and Germany?

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Maybe both of them will make it into the last 16. They both have four

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points from the opening game. The other teams in the group have one

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apiece. Philipp Lahm. Germany in the red and

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black. The Dennis the Menace change strip. Couple-macro fullbacks on. --

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two fullbacks on. Uncomfortable wherever he is asked to play on the

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field. Sebastien Schweinsteiger. Beasley. Caused a little bit of a

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problem by Mesut Ozil. A Germany throw.

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Per Mertesacker. Allowed time to ponder. Philipp Lahm. Lifted up by

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Thomas Muller. Nowhere else to go for Mesut Ozil. A cross by Boateng.

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Muller going for something special and Lukas Podolski has blazed it.

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Just a little bit surprised with Thomas Muller, going for that.

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Unless he did not see it till quite late. A lovely early cross. One

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touch. And now he comes in. Set himself but did not make great

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contact. What a record Thomas Muller has. Eight World Cup appearances.

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Eight goals and four assists. Eight from just nine efforts on target.

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They love these conditions. Not quite as hot. A bit of rain in the

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faces as well. They will probably cook again. The tackles will have to

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be measured. There will be a fuse sliding efforts. Looking at Jermaine

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Jones. He might have two watches step in particular. Beckerman is

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into that one and the whistle has gone for offside already. It will be

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a free kick. We can see the plaster covering the stitches. Coming

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together at the end of the Ghana game. One of those accidental ones

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were it looks really bad. The thought at the time was he might

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have fractured his cheekbone. It was an absolute belter that he took. No

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real harm done. Thomas Muller can continue doing harm to opposing

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sides. Somehow seems appropriate that he is wearing the number 13

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that his namesake did all those years ago. Might be threatening his

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goal total. A bit different in stature, I think. About one foot on

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him, isn't it? Yes, and a low centre of gravity. Boateng. Kept away from

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the ball. Another with a German connection. Bradley. Used to play in

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the Bundesliga. Mesut Ozil. The stadium is slowly filling up.

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Philipp Lahm. Out to Howedes. One of those back fors which consists of

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four central defenders. When you drop Philipp Lahm in there as well

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if needed, it causes a big difference. Toni Kroos. Jerome

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Boateng. All German possession so far. Being played out in the USA

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half of the field, all the game. Toni Kroos. Sebastien

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Schweinsteiger. All the way over to Boateng. Beasley will have to get

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across. Boateng, not really convincing in his efforts to find

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Muller in the middle. Not posing too many problems to the USA. Davis.

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Bounces offside. First World Cup appearance for Brad Davis. Plays

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with Huston in the MLS. -- Houston. Toni Kroos. Finding Howedes. It has

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been given to the USA. Much to Benedikt Howedes's concern. Mats

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Hummels. It started pretty much as we thought

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it would. Lots of possession from the Germans. Trying to fill up the

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gaps. We will have a contest of the field as well. We will very much

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have a saying. I am sure you have heard by now that no nation has

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brought more supporters to the World Cup than the United States. Germany

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in great numbers as well. Both sets of supporters in great voice. Mesut

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Ozil dispossessed by DaMarcus Beasley. A Germany throw. Not just

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everyday fans following the United States as well. Will Ferrell is

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here. Glad I did not go anywhere

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near that one. Thomas Muller close to it

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but not close enough. That was being played out to

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a noise that will become familiar, singing, "I I believe that

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we will win". Must've been up all night

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coming up with that one. That was mis-kicked Gonzalez,

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who unsighted by Besler going to Gave the game away by chasing

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after it. Just before with Gonzalez,

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not dissimilar to what Cameron did the other night which presented

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Portugal the first goal for Nani. He gave a shout to Besler to

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leave it may be, because he did Mertesacker found Howedes

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in his way. Completely unmarked,

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the two of them. Dempsey will have to do a lot

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of that night to buy some time that Normally it is Bradley,

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but they need more numbers forward Seen as somebody who will have

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a long future in the national side. Howedes might get a yellow card

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for that. Absolutely,

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but it could have played on. Just a little bit quick,

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the referee, with that decision. Fabian Johnson was going to go

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on one of those storming runs You can't argue about

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the yellow card, but you might argue First German yellow card

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of the World Cup. A Germany side that is

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13 games unbeaten. Their last defeat came on 2nd

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June last year and it was 4-3 Jones had started to go

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on the right and had not been seen. Jones, a terrific leap above

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Howedes. The USA enjoy a spell

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of possession and their supporters His efforts to retrieve possession

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have resulted That's the trouble with the USA,

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nice build-up play, Dempsey scored a goal and sustained

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a bloody nose against Ghana. Good defending by Gonzalez, making

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sure he got in the way of Muller. He has attacked that with

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the outside of his right foot. Gonzalez might be better known to

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Germany had he not sustained cruciate

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ligament injury in the Bundesliga The collision was with

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his international team-mate, Tim Looked like it would be too high

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for Toni Kroos. Couldn't control

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where he put the header. Johnson was thinking about

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the pass outside while he played it Just a bit of a waste, because now

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the Germans are on the attack. Ground is slippy so you can slide

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into it. Gonzalez is a Texan born to Mexican

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parents. Podolski, managed to see off one

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challenge, cleared by Beckerman. I think we can forget any thoughts

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of both sides playing for a draw. The thing about the surface as well,

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you can zip the passes in, Boateng at this moment is doing

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a Johnson isn't he? America would prefer to win

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the group if they can. They are never

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underprepared are they? Germany in Port Alegre

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will find some support. Out comes Howard, now the referee, I

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thought he was going to have words As soon as there is a free kick he

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can go and revisit the decision. Cannot now,

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too much time has passed. He has forgotten what it was,

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that is why. He is the only man

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on the pitch with long dreadlocks. I am not being funny,

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I thought he was a tramp. Not the player, the guy in the

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lobby. Jones has got his hand up over

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on the far side. If anything,

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we have said about Boateng getting down the right-hand side for Germany

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relatively unopposed and now the chance

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also for Beasley to do the same. It is the full-backs playing against

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one another because both teams have Ozil, sharply done but well read

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by Bradley. The USA getting themselves

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into the game now after allowing Germany to dictate

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possession in the early stages. Hummels looked as

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though he might have impeded him. Podolski, in comes Bradley,

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no free kick. Muller goes for a goal

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but he lost his footing. I don't think Germany mind

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if the USA attack them a little bit, because Germany have

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had the ball given to them Hummels has given the ball to

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the USA. Manuel Neuer out to the edge

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of his limits. Beat Zusi but then presented

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the ball to DaMarcus Beasley. Germany with almost two thirds

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possession of the ball. Yes and it is probing

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possession isn't it? I don't know if you have heard

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but half-brother Kevin-Prince Boateng has gone home,

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sent home from the squad. An African team falling out

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at the World Cup? Jones trying to inject a bit

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of momentum. Davies. Bradley. A chance for Zusi. Going for gold. It

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would have been the right option. He was not far away at all. A really

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good attempt. The best attack of the game. For the USA. You might argue

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the best of the game as well. Crisp passing. Decent strike. Up and away.

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Argentina covered the gold in exactly the same circumstances

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yesterday. -- covered the goal. Lahm. So good as well, posing a

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little bit of a threat. Meaning the Germans cannot just pull forward,

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willy-nilly. Germany throw in. Still absolutely

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chucking it down. They are drifting in. Kroos. Per Mertesacker.

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Schweinsteiger. A nice ball into Toni Kroos. Threatening Dempster in

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all the tackles there. As soon as he came in there, there were three

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white shirts right into him. He has lost his range. They have a uniform

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the German coaching staff. V neck sweaters at the last World Cup. They

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have gone full dark navy shirts this time around. -- for dark navy

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shirts. Normally a very sartorial coach. He

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looks absolutely drowned today. Schweinsteiger, up towards mother.

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Dealt with by Beasley, Gonzales and the offside flag. Just putting his

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hand to his stitches. Beasley. How much further can he go? He had the

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foresight to stop and wait for help. They had to. There was nobody else

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in the box. Johnson. Bradley, trying to get himself ready. Allowing a

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chance for Howedes to get it back for Germany. Lukas Podolski was

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struggling to put the brakes on. Beckerman has caught him. Free kick.

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A little bit lucky. Just starting to loiter on the ball. Sebastian

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Schweinsteiger. Incomes Bradley. Really bothering

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Schweinsteiger. Mats Hummels. Schweinsteiger. Boateng. But all ski

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will not get anywhere near that one. Forcing the error. When the first

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man goes, they all kind of move. The midfield, Beckerman, Jones, Zusi and

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Davis, they stay on their feet and make it very difficult. It is being

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lapped up across the United States. So many have travelled here. So many

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are wearing the red white and blue back home. We have said it if you

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time is before and it continues to grow at a pace. Prime-time

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television in America when it takes. But the problem is I think they do

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not want it to take off. Back to Bradley. Beckerman thought

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about going back to Tim Howard but out of the corner of his eye, Zusi

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coming out to help him. Johnson is taking the long route around to

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shape across. A block in the box and it was the referee getting in the

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way of Jermaine Jones. You can see the referee in the centre of the

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picture here. It was not his fault. He was merrily jogging along. A

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feral block. -- a fair old block. Just a throw into the USA.

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Johnson. Continued as he played throughout the first couple of

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games. A Munich, Bonn and Hoffenheim player.

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Beckerman. Johnson is going again. Just had to check back. It will be a

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throw for Germany deep back in their own half. No goals yet. No goals in

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the other game between Portugal and Ghana. Meaning the table is looking

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like this. Germany at the top with five points. USA also with five but

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the better German goal difference will have been going through as

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group winners. So far so good for America. Very comfortable at the

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moment. They have not done anything stupid defensively. Defended well

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has 18. -- defended well as a team. Went to the very last seconds four

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years ago, confirming their place in the last 16, a late winner against

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Algeria by Donovan. Avoiding relegation and winning the group.

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Just naivete, they have done so well. What a cross it was by

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Christiano Ronaldo. It was, it was. But even so they could have kept it

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on about three separate occasions just to win the game. Philipp Lahm,

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crossing. Lukas Podolski darting into the penalty area. Takes out Tim

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Howard. Howard was more than ready. Comfortable, isn't it? Managed to

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stay in front of Zusi. Gonzales has to turn back. Just down this

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right-hand side as well, the fact that Howedes has been booked, you

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could have a couple of people running at him. They have got the

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players down that side with Johnson and Zusi, both pretty quick. The

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flag is up against Muller. He thought he did enough. But I am

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pretty sure he is. -- he's off. It will be a free kick for the USA.

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It is Portugal, one, Garner, nil. That would take Portugal up to four

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points, almost within touching distance of Germany and the USA but

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their goal difference is terrible, after they were thrashed 4-0 by

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Germany in the opening game. Bradley. Headed away by Per

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Mertesacker. A good ball in the box. Beckerman. Thought that he was

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unfairly holding his arm. Boateng. Mesut Ozil is on the run. Trying to

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stay in front of him, Beasley. Just got away with it, a little bit.

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Bradley spots the run of Jones. Jones in between. I tell you what,

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that was a whisker away. That was a great run. A decent ball. Just

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skidding off the surface a little bit. Mesut Ozil. Sebastian

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Schweinsteiger. Lukas Podolski. From his head. Expressing his

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frustration. Normally get them just as he likes them. Unusual. A great

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ball from Bradley. Just skidding off the surface. Inside the centre

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back. A quick look at the table, how it has slightly changed with

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Portugal taking the lead against Garner. As it stands, they can get

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into second place in the qualifying spot. It could change if Germany go

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three up against the USA. Then the goal difference will come into it.

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No sides are better at the moment though. No.

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Lukas Podolski. Badgered by Zusi. Wrestled by Zusi but on goes the

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game with Bradley. Philipp Lahm, Mesut Ozil. Muller is trying to stay

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onside. Schweinsteiger is there on the left. He took too long to think

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about it. Beasley started well, actually. Of Rangers and Manchester

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City. He has done the rounds, has DaMarcus Beasley. In Mexico, with

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Puebla. Thomas Muller. Nice ball. Mesut Ozil. Nice drop off the

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shoulder. And swivelled away by Howard. Gonzales. Boateng.

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Kroos. Spotting the run of Howedes, Zusi spotted it late but just in

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time. To the floor as well. Boateng. Lahm. Did not find the target.

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Dempsey, to Bradley. Davis. Through to Jones. Jones trying to do two

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things at once. What a waste. Zusi was away on the right. Lukas

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Podolski. Mesut Ozil. Beasley. Coming in, Podolski. A

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decent save as well by Tim Howard. Really zipping off the surface.

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Through the legs. Would not have helped the site. He saved it. That

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is all that matters. Dempsey apologising

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for making the wrong run. Interesting the Bradley is playing

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as an orthodox central midfielder. He is not bursting forward

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so much today. Looking for Dempsey and it comes

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off Matt Hummels. He missed the German cup final

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at the end Taken the place of Khedira,

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because he has had knee problems Schweinsteiger possibly that bit

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more dynamic than Sami Khedira. Mertesacker won't be given

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much time by Dempsey. Hummels,

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strong enough to hold off Dempsey. Podolski has Muller coming in

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on the right. He just read the play

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from his starting position. That's a really good place

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to come and grab it. Just a bit slow getting in there,

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they had white shirts in the opposition penalty area

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for a change. Just managed to keep it in

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and he has won the USA a corner. Mertesacker thought

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Zusi had overrun it. That automatic reaction

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from Mertesacker took Germany have pulled everybody

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back into the box to make There is a real queue in front

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of Manuel Neuer. He took a couple of paces inside,

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and if he had stayed in his original position he might

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have got his head on it. Not a great game,

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but it is intriguing. Mertesacker is allowed

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to amble forward. Jones

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in a tangle with Schweinsteiger. Jones is three years

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Schweinsteiger's senior and once upon a time was

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an international team-mate His last Germany game was

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against England in 2008. It is said that if he repeats

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his goal against Portugal, if he does, he has had a good game,

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and what a goal it was, but he will not

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celebrate against his motherland. You would do a lap of honour,

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wouldn't you? You would if you pinged one in

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from 35 yards. He did sort

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of half take Muller with him. What is your opinion of

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Per Mertesacker? When you isolate him, because of his

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long legs, he is not the quickest, but if you get people around him

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quickly, and people know there is Not in the same league,

:50:49.:50:51.

but they used to say Bobby Moore By the way, Marquez

:50:52.:51:05.

for Mexico, he can't run. I would have brought John Terry

:51:06.:51:20.

anyway. Dempsey returns it to

:51:21.:51:31.

Jermaine Jones. One touch to control,

:51:32.:51:37.

the second to shoot. He took his eye

:51:38.:51:51.

off it. I think that will be

:51:52.:51:53.

the last action of the first half. The Germans wanted Bradley

:51:54.:52:00.

booked for the challenge. This is the one that caused Jones

:52:01.:52:03.

to be hurt. We are just going to have

:52:04.:52:20.

one minute added on. But they are not playing for just

:52:21.:52:26.

a point, it has been competitive. It is just

:52:27.:52:35.

a wonder we have not had a goal. The referee says play on,

:52:36.:52:43.

advantage USA. Unfortunately it has not

:52:44.:53:14.

been raining goals. Let's hope for some

:53:15.:53:18.

in the second half. It's known as the Brazilian Venice

:53:19.:53:21.

here, and that is exactly what the streets looked

:53:22.:54:11.

like on the way to the ground. As well as substituting his shirt,

:54:12.:54:14.

Joachim Low is making Lukas Podolski is making way

:54:15.:54:17.

for Miroslav Klose. Is this the day that the World Cup

:54:18.:54:22.

goal-scoring record becomes He came on in the game against Ghana

:54:23.:54:25.

and scored, a minute and a half He has 45 minutes to find the net

:54:26.:54:42.

in this one. 0-0, the USA sticking to the team

:54:43.:54:50.

that started the game, for now. I think Thomas Muller will play

:54:51.:55:01.

on the right-hand side. Klose scored with his first

:55:02.:55:03.

touch against the Ghanaians. It was a while before the USA got

:55:04.:55:10.

a touch of the start of the first half, and Germany will try to start

:55:11.:55:14.

with that sort of rhythm again. Bradley is on to him

:55:15.:55:17.

every time he gets the ball. Schweinsteiger did

:55:18.:55:25.

not catch it right. Brilliant, otherwise it is

:55:26.:55:33.

a free header and 1-0. Just reacting to

:55:34.:55:45.

the danger very quickly. The deflection of the German player

:55:46.:55:49.

means it will be a goalkick for Just got a feeling towards the end

:55:50.:55:52.

of the first half that Jermaine Jones was starting to get under

:55:53.:56:29.

Bastian Schweinsteiger's skin. We said he would start on the right,

:56:30.:56:43.

but he will drift across, and also drift across the other side

:56:44.:56:55.

of the American back four, Well, not the best pass,

:56:56.:56:58.

but he wasn't ready for it either. A player of his quality,

:56:59.:57:17.

that's not good enough. I think that they still believe that

:57:18.:57:19.

they will win, the USA supporters. A good point made by the boys

:57:20.:57:24.

in the studio, that as it goes on, it is natural, ten minutes to go,

:57:25.:57:28.

still 0-0, you would not expect We might get a goal before then that

:57:29.:57:31.

could liven things up considerably. Klose, no chance he

:57:32.:57:43.

will settle for 0-0. Klose might be an attacking

:57:44.:58:13.

improvement because Podolski was We made the point in the previous

:58:14.:58:23.

game against Ghana about the USA being a team that is used to winning

:58:24.:58:35.

in their qualifying region. They have won 20 of

:58:36.:58:38.

their last 26 international games. We have seen Mexico, Costa Rica and,

:58:39.:58:41.

that region is not bad at all. They were a pub team,

:58:42.:58:44.

they just whacked everybody. And Tim Howard knew it

:58:45.:59:05.

was going past the post. That is what he does

:59:06.:59:37.

when he plays wide rather than through the middle, he will drift

:59:38.:59:39.

everywhere and find himself space. Becomes much more

:59:40.:59:44.

of a dangerous player. Joachim Low said he was unlike any

:59:45.:59:46.

other forward he has worked with in that he does not run

:59:47.:59:50.

in the lines you can predict. Both Lahm and Schweinsteiger

:59:51.:59:56.

with misplaced passes. I'm sure there are flecks of grey

:59:57.:00:15.

in Joachim Low's hair now. The ultimate professional, Jurgen

:00:16.:00:24.

Klinsmann, and his former colleague. He was just heading back down to

:00:25.:00:31.

earth as the ball met his head. The USA are claiming offside,

:00:32.:00:43.

but they disappeared completely. Now he is

:00:44.:00:47.

on the field we might see more Lahm was caught late by Bradley

:00:48.:01:00.

and it will be a German free kick. Yes, in the past World Cups he

:01:01.:02:02.

might have got a yellow card. There has been a feeling that

:02:03.:02:18.

the referees have been lenient, Toni Kroos has got himself ready

:02:19.:02:20.

for this. Does he actually really need a

:02:21.:02:27.

three-man wall from that distance? Might be better

:02:28.:02:45.

off being able to see it. The Americans starting to

:02:46.:02:47.

get a little bit deeper. It only needs one lack

:02:48.:03:13.

of concentration. If the crosses are allowed to keep

:03:14.:03:18.

coming into Miroslav Klose, Or at

:03:19.:03:21.

the worst he will set somebody up. Straight in,

:03:22.:03:24.

Thomas Muller with a beauty. A really good save from Tim Howard

:03:25.:03:30.

tipping it away, Caught a little bit asleep, America,

:03:31.:03:57.

from the original corner. He drifts into places where

:03:58.:04:03.

nobody picks him up. The target is made for him,

:04:04.:04:11.

outside of the defender, Besler. That might just make Germany go

:04:12.:04:15.

up another one or two gears. Schweinsteiger looking to

:04:16.:04:28.

Thomas Muller again. In the city where

:04:29.:04:34.

the signs are all about the bay, warning you not to take a dip

:04:35.:04:45.

because of sharks, you are right. Germany are the sharks

:04:46.:04:48.

of the world game. Recovered in time,

:04:49.:04:50.

but only to give it to Klose. Muller into Klose,

:04:51.:05:10.

cleared by Beckerman. The United States, at the moment,

:05:11.:05:18.

are just hanging on. Schweinsteiger to Beckerman,

:05:19.:05:20.

and in came Klose with Thomas Muller's fourth goal

:05:21.:06:08.

of the World Cup. Muller having picked up the award

:06:09.:06:23.

in South Africa four years ago. Need to try and get Johnson

:06:24.:06:46.

in the game, don't they? They are going to get Alejandro

:06:47.:07:00.

Bedoya into the game shortly. United States have that

:07:01.:07:03.

substitute getting ready. Had his shirt tucked by

:07:04.:07:38.

Jones, Germany free kick. We have had our goal in the game

:07:39.:07:43.

between Portugal and Ghana. Asamoah Gyan has equalised

:07:44.:07:45.

for Ghana. That is bad news for United States

:07:46.:07:47.

because if Ghana get another, and the goal difference situation

:07:48.:07:50.

is changing as well, it might mean that the USA need

:07:51.:07:52.

something from this one. As it stands it is still Germany

:07:53.:07:58.

first, USA second. It is a very fluid situation and you

:07:59.:08:01.

can bet your bottom dollar that Jurgen Klinsmann will be fully aware

:08:02.:08:05.

of the situation in the other game. The second touch is

:08:06.:08:29.

to Schweinsteiger. I am sorry, it does not matter how

:08:30.:08:32.

long you have been on, He only replaced Brad Davis a few

:08:33.:08:44.

seconds ago, but Yellow card tackle

:08:45.:09:02.

but he does not get one. Look where Muller is playing now,

:09:03.:09:24.

almost off the centre forward. He just leaves people, popping off,

:09:25.:09:27.

such a good finisher. I cannot remember when Clint Dempsey

:09:28.:10:00.

last had a kick. He is doing a lot of chasing

:10:01.:10:07.

at the moment. Schweinsteiger lifts

:10:08.:10:29.

it through to Ozil. Klose in the middle, joined

:10:30.:10:41.

by Boateng and Schweinsteiger. Now the USA want play brought

:10:42.:10:43.

back because DaMarcus Beasley That will be a free kick

:10:44.:10:48.

and another booking, He has got to get a grip,

:10:49.:11:00.

the man in blue. They are complaining saying he

:11:01.:11:13.

should have brought it back but it was America's own fault,

:11:14.:11:17.

they gave the ball away. Won a state wrestling title

:11:18.:11:22.

in high school, Kyle Beckerman. Klose loses out to Beasley,

:11:23.:11:45.

retrieved but only to give the US That might help the USA

:11:46.:12:05.

a little bit. As long as they can keep 11 men

:12:06.:12:12.

on the pitch. Close to mother. That is where he is

:12:13.:12:50.

now. -- close to Muller. Nothing to do. Lost the touch of the ball. Down

:12:51.:12:58.

goes Johnson. Fouled by Mesut Ozil. The USA, free kick. Sarcastic

:12:59.:13:04.

cheering from the red, white and blue. And some jeering from the

:13:05.:13:12.

crowd. Yes, it was his hip before he made contact. Bradley has lost it.

:13:13.:13:23.

The careful. He is explaining it away. He might just be one foul away

:13:24.:13:33.

now. I think he is making that point to the referee. Miroslav Klose.

:13:34.:13:41.

Gonzales was leaving it to Johnson, and vice versa. That will be a free

:13:42.:13:51.

kick. No, advantage, Germany. Barging into the back,

:13:52.:13:55.

Schweinsteiger. From Toni Kroos, back to his feet here. Per

:13:56.:13:57.

Mertesacker. Bouncing Germans behind the Tim

:13:58.:14:13.

Howard goal. They are enjoying this one now.

:14:14.:14:21.

Howedes. Mesut Ozil. He has continued forward, Howedes. Bedoya.

:14:22.:14:47.

Out in front of it, America. Muller. Dempsey, desperately needs a bit of

:14:48.:14:53.

help when it comes his way. Jones was caught off stride. He was in

:14:54.:14:57.

between. I do not know why he stopped. Such a sweet strike.

:14:58.:15:13.

Just measured but with enough pace, in many ways the defender did him

:15:14.:15:22.

a favour because it was a case of easing it around him.

:15:23.:15:25.

So well controlled, that strike from Thomas Muller.

:15:26.:15:44.

Has to come up with something I think.

:15:45.:16:26.

World Cup winner in 1990, European champion in 1996.

:16:27.:16:38.

Some player, some coach in 2006 as well.

:16:39.:16:47.

Pretty much is a fully-fledged American now,

:16:48.:16:50.

His wife is from California isn't she?

:16:51.:16:58.

And he is revolutionising the sport over there.

:16:59.:17:03.

He said something the other day that went across the States, urging

:17:04.:17:06.

bosses at all companies to give everyone the day off to watch this.

:17:07.:17:10.

A clever piece of marketing, to get everyone onside with soccer.

:17:11.:17:18.

The main resistance comes from other sports.

:17:19.:17:22.

Yes, they don't want it to succeed, that is the problem.

:17:23.:17:28.

Has he not got a bigger title than just manager as well?

:17:29.:17:31.

Is he not some sort of technical thing as well?

:17:32.:17:34.

Ghana are level with Portugal in the other game in the group.

:17:35.:18:05.

As it stands, both of these teams would be going through.

:18:06.:18:13.

I cannot remember the USA being in the goalmouth of Neuer

:18:14.:18:16.

I think we have only said Neuer's name once and that is

:18:17.:18:41.

You know how you said it had stopped raining?

:18:42.:18:49.

Yes, it is hammering it down again now.

:18:50.:18:51.

They certainly have to put the towering figure of Gonzalez in

:18:52.:19:12.

Dempsey down, play goes on with Germany breaking.

:19:13.:19:51.

Schweinsteiger, trying to slide rule the ball into Muller.

:19:52.:19:54.

Schweinsteiger, what a ball, nicely controlled as well.

:19:55.:20:16.

Germany through on seven points, USA through with four.

:20:17.:20:53.

The USA are level on goal difference, Ghana are at -1.

:20:54.:21:16.

Could be improved here if Dempsey can do something.

:21:17.:21:29.

He's already broken his nose once in the tournament.

:21:30.:21:33.

The referees and a great position to this.

:21:34.:21:36.

Don't think Mats Hummels did a lot wrong.

:21:37.:21:38.

Both headed the ball at the same time.

:21:39.:21:40.

As much as anything, because you've broken your nose,

:21:41.:21:42.

Not a great deal of contact with the face.

:21:43.:21:50.

Hands up instinctively to protect the delicate area.

:21:51.:21:52.

It's funny, because he came out at the start of the second half,

:21:53.:21:55.

It looked like they had been fighting each other.

:21:56.:22:38.

Just like the one the first time, when you least

:22:39.:22:41.

Jones will have come out of that the worst.

:22:42.:22:47.

The thing is, it gives players to come off and have a drink, have a

:22:48.:23:28.

word with Klinsmann, but the fourth officially saying that they can't.

:23:29.:23:31.

The most concern is with Jermaine Jones here.

:23:32.:23:33.

Thomas Muller knows how that feels from his last game.

:23:34.:23:42.

And here again is Thomas Muller's arrow into the USA net.

:23:43.:23:48.

No panic, sizing up the situation in a split second.

:23:49.:24:00.

His goal is the difference, and his goals are so often

:24:01.:24:03.

He wasn't a regular starter for Bayern Munich last year,

:24:04.:24:23.

when he did, he made it count.

:24:24.:24:25.

What did he get, two against Manchester City

:24:26.:24:27.

Just got a bloody nose, but think what it could have been.

:24:28.:24:33.

If he's given the choice he will continue.

:24:34.:24:35.

The fact they ran into each other, do you think?

:24:36.:24:45.

Schweinsteiger is going off, and coming on his Mario Gotze.

:24:46.:24:58.

Seven years his junior, but he is following in his footsteps

:24:59.:25:04.

I think he is going to play centrally as well.

:25:05.:25:25.

Jones has been mopped up and is ready to make his reappearance.

:25:26.:25:36.

Howedes was too casual trying to find Ozil.

:25:37.:26:19.

Neuer is enjoying having a few touches.

:26:20.:26:23.

No signs, looking at the touchline, of any imminent changes to be made

:26:24.:26:56.

He has one ear on what is happening elsewhere, doesn't he?

:26:57.:27:30.

A Ghana goal in the other game, they would edge ahead of the USA

:27:31.:28:00.

Same sort of position as Muller, but that's the only comparison.

:28:01.:28:26.

Yes, that was like a backpass. In all sorts of trouble. It will be a

:28:27.:29:16.

Germany corner. They will try and make sure they keep it out. Gonzales

:29:17.:29:28.

miscued that one. Gotze cannot go any further. I have got News for

:29:29.:29:38.

you, there is a goal in the other one. It means one of the teams has

:29:39.:29:44.

got four points but the good news for the USA is that it is Portugal.

:29:45.:29:46.

Christiano Ronaldo has scored. As it stands, the USA have got four

:29:47.:29:53.

points, Portugal have got four points but the goal difference is

:29:54.:29:55.

-3. And there are cheers from the US section of the crowd. How many

:29:56.:30:00.

minutes left in that other game? Do we know? I would say roughly seven.

:30:01.:30:11.

I am not sure what he was saying. He will leave the throw in for Beasley.

:30:12.:30:25.

Mesut Ozil cannot get it. No equations are necessary if their

:30:26.:30:32.

side can score here. It is not looking likely, is it? You must have

:30:33.:30:38.

played in games like this. Were you half listening for results from

:30:39.:30:45.

elsewhere? No. I knew that was coming!

:30:46.:30:54.

Cleared by Neuer. Klose. Beasley. Jones. Beckerman. Gonzales.

:30:55.:31:22.

Given away by Beasley. Beckerman has it now and he has lost out to Gotze.

:31:23.:31:35.

Mesut Ozil is forced to check and he cleverly finds Gotze. Mesut Ozil. He

:31:36.:31:40.

gets it away. He is onto it and he has overran it. I was just telling

:31:41.:31:50.

the referee that he could not possibly stop here but it is a free

:31:51.:32:01.

kick. Substitution. Taking of Graham Zusi, the winger and putting on

:32:02.:32:08.

Yedlin. He is a right full-back but a frustrated when. He came on the

:32:09.:32:16.

other night against Portugal. Just kind of dovetailed down the

:32:17.:32:20.

right-hand side. He is quick as well, this boy. He is quicker than

:32:21.:32:25.

Zusi. Plays in Seattle. One of those should be Brazilian in

:32:26.:32:41.

the way that he plays full-back. Clint Dempsey. Yedlin. Robert is

:32:42.:32:53.

6-macro in the box. The ball is not. -- Bedoya is in the box.

:32:54.:33:02.

Andre Shirl is going to come on for Germany. It will be the second

:33:03.:33:10.

subject appearance for him at the World Cup. -- substitute

:33:11.:33:22.

appearance. Per Mertesacker. Almost caught by Bradley and not for the

:33:23.:33:26.

first time. Mesut Ozil. Gonzales is all over him. Toni Kroos. He plays

:33:27.:33:46.

with such maturity. He is 24 now. 47 caps already. Mertesacker. Boateng.

:33:47.:34:04.

Just over five minutes out of the 90 remaining. Yedlin. Dispossessed

:34:05.:34:16.

Howedes who has got a real problem with him on the field now. Bedoya. I

:34:17.:34:27.

think he kind of thought, if he was passing he might hit it first time.

:34:28.:34:38.

Gotze. Getting it back. A touch of fortune. Downs from Philipp Lahm to

:34:39.:34:53.

him and again fortune for Gotze and the flag is up against Miroslav

:34:54.:35:01.

Klose. Into the closing minutes. A reminder of how the group stands

:35:02.:35:05.

just at the moment, Portugal leading Ghana 2-1 in the other game that is

:35:06.:35:09.

taking place at the same time. Germany through as group winners,

:35:10.:35:15.

seven points. USA through with four points ahead of Portugal on goal

:35:16.:35:20.

difference. Andy Garner would be left at the bottom. -- Ghana would

:35:21.:35:29.

be left at the bottom. Free kick. That goal for Portugal has got the

:35:30.:35:36.

USA supporters at least a lot more comfortable with the closing few

:35:37.:35:44.

minutes here. If they get three more, they will not be comfortable.

:35:45.:35:50.

No doubt Germany deserved to win this game. As it stands they could

:35:51.:35:55.

both go through. It would be no mean achievement for the USA. Mertesacker

:35:56.:36:07.

is safely back to Neuer. Has he made a save? I cannot think of one off

:36:08.:36:14.

the top of my head. Certainly not in the second half. Clint Dempsey.

:36:15.:36:25.

Cannot think of the United States effort on target. Gotze. Boateng.

:36:26.:36:41.

Muller. Germany are content to keep possession until the end and maybe

:36:42.:36:49.

spring something with Philipp Lahm. He is back. Too much pace on that.

:36:50.:36:52.

Jones. Clint Dempsey. Beasley, to Clint Dempsey. Crowded

:36:53.:37:15.

out a bit. It did break for Beasley. Back to his winger days for a

:37:16.:37:20.

moment. Muller was in his way. Everybody is up for the bench. The

:37:21.:37:29.

free kick has gone to Germany. He has hardly touched him. Hardly

:37:30.:37:36.

touched him. Up you get. The coach included. To be fair to Juergen

:37:37.:37:43.

Klinsmann he has not taken his seat on that bench all day long. A

:37:44.:37:47.

Germany change. Mesut Ozil is going off. And a few minutes of game time

:37:48.:38:01.

for Scurrle. We will just have a delay. You can guess the reasons. We

:38:02.:38:10.

have got a Bayern Munich supporter with his towel. Never mind. The

:38:11.:38:18.

German village, a German village has lost its idiot. And now he will be

:38:19.:38:34.

leaving! One minutes ago. He might get a police escort back in. Philipp

:38:35.:38:38.

Lahm. Philipp Lahm, finding Mertesacker.

:38:39.:39:25.

Boateng. Blasted away by Neuer. Thomas Muller, coming back from

:39:26.:39:29.

being offside. Stoppage time. At least four more minutes of play.

:39:30.:39:33.

Four minutes of additional time in the other match as well. The United

:39:34.:39:41.

States will want these four minutes to go by with a flash in both games

:39:42.:39:49.

with nothing more happening. Bradley, back to Howard.

:39:50.:40:02.

Looking diagonally right and that is where he puts the ball. Jones.

:40:03.:40:10.

Bouncing up all could be. Philipp Lahm, back to Neuer. He was just

:40:11.:40:21.

making sure that the crowd saw him. Quite relieved to have something.

:40:22.:40:26.

Check these skills out. Here is Bradley. We should tell them

:40:27.:40:38.

Portugal is 4-1 up and see what happens. They are not! Just 2-1.

:40:39.:40:52.

Scurrle. Gotze has got plenty of room. Scurrle going for it himself.

:40:53.:40:56.

Now it is Gotze. Toni Kroos. This is where the United States

:40:57.:41:10.

slipped up last night. Just a lack of concentration, tiredness,

:41:11.:41:10.

eccentric. -- and so on. Should be all right now. Were they

:41:11.:41:25.

to concede another, Portugal would have to score a couple.

:41:26.:41:37.

Mats Hummels. Gotze. Scurrle once it returning. Now the runners are

:41:38.:41:55.

going. Clint Dempsey. Bradley. Can he look across and see Von Bergen?

:41:56.:42:01.

First man in the chain is Jones. Vince Dempsey. That was great,

:42:02.:42:10.

absolutely fantastic. All or nothing. A great attack as well.

:42:11.:42:19.

Bradley, not a bad cross. Coming in. Clint Dempsey! Just over the top. He

:42:20.:42:26.

actually got too much on it. Needed more of a flick, doesn't it? A

:42:27.:42:35.

flurry of excitement right at the end. You could have scored two in

:42:36.:42:47.

about 30 seconds. Celebrate in a few moments, Jurgen Klinsmann.

:42:48.:42:57.

That would have done it. That would have taken any guessing games out of

:42:58.:43:10.

it. Yes. A draw would suit both sides. Nonsense, look at Philipp

:43:11.:43:16.

Lahm with a blocked tackle. Times have changed since 1982. We have had

:43:17.:43:27.

Germany winning it by one. Thomas Muller's goal. Problems for

:43:28.:43:34.

supporters of both sides trying to get to the stadium but it looks like

:43:35.:43:38.

it is going to be smiles all round. Jurgen Klinsmann has got half a

:43:39.:43:45.

smile on his face. He knows his team are through. Does not have to worry

:43:46.:43:50.

about anything else. When the final score is confirmed with Portugal,

:43:51.:43:53.

the United States will be able to join Germany in celebrating. And I

:43:54.:43:59.

think Mark, you think that the USA are well worth their place.

:44:00.:44:05.

Certainly. They have got a bit of a lack of quality but great

:44:06.:44:10.

application, effort and the will to win. Very well coached. Very

:44:11.:44:16.

athletic. They have made up for some of their shortcomings. A fantastic

:44:17.:44:19.

achievement to get out of the group. The news comes through that

:44:20.:44:24.

it has finished, two - one. USA are second go through. Germany topping

:44:25.:44:26.

the group. USA, nil. Germany, one. That result is enough to send both

:44:27.:44:48.

the USA and Germany through from their group. Portugal and Ghana

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played each other and both this out. We will see you again soon for

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another World Cup replay. Goodbye.

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