Germany vs. Australia

[ali alipour]

it was a close game in my opinion

[HuSsAiN]

it was a close game in my opinion

The first few minutes was close. Thats it.

[HuSsAiN]

Last three Germany world cup openers: 8-0, 4-2, 4-0 and running. Off and running..
And did you see what Wenger said?
He said Germans start slowly

[zand]

it was a close game in my opinion

it was a very close game. I was nervous. what do you call NOT a close game. 10 - 0?

[shayan20]

Did you guys notice Aussies never show any respect to their opponents? I have been following this trend since the incident during Australia- Iran match in 1997 and tonight again after conceding goals they became aggressive and started talking very harshly and doing all kinds of embarrassing moves like the one they pulled against Badstuber or Podolski when the Aussie kept pushing the German and not letting him enter the pitch.

Yeah they are tough and hate losing. They are also racist country its a fact.
Pretty embarrassing from Australia's point of view. It was Brett Emerton not letting Podolski in the pitch lol
Germany could have "Fiji-ed" Australia
btw Ozil is a great player. Barca should get him if they fail with Fabregas.

it was a close game in my opinion

Anything but close mate.
It was so one-sided. But still great to watch a decent match in this WC after 7-8 matches!!!

[karimi_jaadogar]

Germans play with passion in every national game even if its a friendly.... the fact is they are one of the very underrated teams usually maybe some regard them 2nd tier team compared to many other power houses but yet they over achieve in almost all tournaments. lets not forget 2002 when they reached the finals and 2006 when the became 3rd and thats a good achievement.

[ali alipour]

in reference of when i said it was a close game i was joking

[Mr.Click]

some very funny comments, from Epitome's Khatibi/Ozil comparison , to radin's "feel"ing a tie! , to alipour's post-game analysis; "very close game"!!

[Paradigm]

Germany is pure class and pure power, Haters can all go to hell.

GERMANY FOR LIFE BABAY!

Interesting also to note that Germany is the second youngest squad in this World Cup with average age 25. This is their youngest squad since 1934...!

[yashar_fasihnia]

^
true, this team will mature more for euro 2012 and worldcup 2014!
their captain, lahm is only 26!!
from the starters, i think only klose and friedrich are above 26?? and that too, friedrich is playing only cos westerman got injured just before the worldcup!

btw, i think schweinsteiger would make a better captain than lahm cos he is more vocal and has more leader characteristics in him...

[Spyder]

Although I love Germany and watching them play is awesome....Australia got it all wrong right from the start. They didnt field their best team thanks to Pim Verbeek...man what a bad coach! He is the Ghotbi of Australia!

I really hope Germany go all the way and become the first European nation to win out of Europe so I can wear my jersey proudly

[malleus]

The red card on Cahill was a joke. The second yellow for the Serbian player was also a joke.

But nothing beats the foul called on Park JS when he was about to score. There was no contact much less a foul. They were robbed of at least 2 goals.

The officiating in this WC has been very poor.

[K.C.I.N.]

Germany played a very good match but also keep in mind that Australia was very very weak. German media is going crazy now and they think they've already won the cup,, HUGE mistake

[malleus]

Australia did not play well and were a little unlucky too. I would not say they are a weak side yet.

The proper score line should have been something like 2-0. 4-0 resulted from the absolutely gratuitous red card.

[IranSoccer#8]

Ozil for Player of the Tournament