A disenchanted Germany earned their way through the knock-out stage after today's match against the home side Austria. The game was far from being illustrious, as other matches in the current tournament. The German side was obliged to win, and Austria dreamt win the their first appearance in the Finals.
The game started with an early chance at 5' by Gomez who proved his lack of finishing. The first fifteen minutes showed a clearly forwarded German side especially with incurssion from the right side with Friederich and a helping Klose. The game swayed in both ends with a participative Austrian side, pure effort. Also by the right, came the first approaches by Austria, a reminiscense of the previously mentioned Poldi effort in the left side. The Polish striker wide shot at 23' was a reminder of the power of his left foot. The sides switched the balance of the game with attacks on both ends but the evident force of Germany lead to half time whistle with no lead. An strange event took place at 42' when both coaches were sacked. Mejuto González, loyal to his style, did not hesitate on sending both coaches to the stands. Especially Joachim Löw found consolation with Mrs. Merker, Oliver Bierhoff and Bastian on his side.
The lead came nearly in the beginning of the second half, at 46'. An impressive free-kick taken by Ballack gave the Germans the vistors needed for the next encounter against Portugal. The shot was widening towards the far post adding the keeper's bad positioning. It was a good goal. And that goal remained the game quite dull and even with some attempts by the home side opposition the Germans managed to enter quarter finals. The German team was precautious from the goal, and the goal certainly ended the aspirations of the home side with a record to forgive.
The other result was 1-0 to the Croatians, giving them the lead in the first group.
Quarter Finals
Portugal v. Germany
Croatia v. Turkey
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