This game was over in a hurry, and I was hoping for something out of Sweden. I mean Ibrahimovic was back with his nutty acrobatic moves, and they hadn't set the world afire or played to their potential yet. I don't know if their hotel only offered lasagna through room service, Coldplay as the elevator music, and the Da Vinci Code on pay-per-view or something, and they couldn't shake off the coma, but they certainly didn't have much today.
Four minutes in, Ballack slipped a ball through into the box for Klose, which the Swedish keeper Isaksson came out for and knocked away, but Podolski put the loose ball into the back of the net, after deflecting it off a Swede's head. It would be a long day for Ballack, Podolski, and Klose having acres of space. In the 12th minute, Klose, moving across the top of the box, drew three defenders to him and dropped the ball off to Podolski who passed him moving the other way, and Podolski put Germany up 2-0.
The first twenty minutes were like watching Barcelona v ABN AMRO CDO or something, and the rest of the game seemed devoted to Ballack pounding away at the Swedish goal, trying to get himself on the scoreboard since the game was effectively over. Lucic got tossed for Sweden in the first half, and the only memorable Swedish attack consisted of Larsson milking a foul into a PK and then putting it into row ZZ. I suppose Sweden's elimination game was against England, if they couldn't get motivated for the whole 90 minutes of that game with elimination, playing Germany in Munich, an early meeting with Argentina, and for god's sake pride at stake, then they should have just gone home and let Trinidad play Germany.
And there is still nobody named Noo-ville who plays for Germany.
Germany 2-0 Sweden
'4 Podolski
'12 Podolski
Red Card: Lucic '35
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