Maybe it's just me but I was a little surprised by the unimaginative play by Argentina in the last third today. A lot of lobs over the top, when that was playing to Germany's strength, while the speed and controlled passing Argentina showed in earlier games could really have showed them up. Carlos Tevez said it best when asked if he was apprehensive about facing 6'4" and 6'5" defenders, and he said he wouldn't want to fight them, but he liked his chances playing football against them. I really barely remember the goals now, this was a good game, just not that memorable a few hours later for some reason. Possibly because I've seen 50 World Cup games in the last three weeks, and this was #49. Probably also because Argentina peaked so early, while Germany, Italy, and France are starting to roll. Anyways, Germany remains eternally unstoppable when it comes to penalty kicks, Jens Lehmann read them all right even if he didn't get to two of them, and Germany didn't miss.
Germany* 1-1 Argentina
'49 Ayala
'80 Klose
Germany wins 4-2 on penalty kicks, and faces Italy in the semifinals.
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