Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, 03.07.2010
4-0 (1-0)
Müller 3., Klose 68., 89., Friedrich 74. / –
Thomas Müller floats into space after just three minutes to set things in motion for the Mannschaft
Miroslav Klose maintains his outstanding tournament record with the first of his two goals as Argentina are put to the sword
Fullback Arne Friedrich celebrates his first international goal, and Argentina are all but finished
The carnage continues in Cape Town as Klose scores his second and Germany’s fourth
Germany: Neuer – Lahm (c), Mertesacker, Friedrich, Boateng (72. Jansen) – Khedira (77. Kroos), Schweinsteiger – Müller (84. Trochowski), Özil, Podolski – Klose
Argentina: Romero – Otamendi (70. Pastore), Demichelis, Burdisso, Heinze – Maxi Rodríguez, Mascherano, Di María (75. Agüero) – Messi – Tévez, Higuain
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Assistants: Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan), Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)
Fourth Official: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Fifth Official: Enock Molefe (South Africa)
Yellow Cards: Müller / Otamendi, Mascherano
Red Cards: – / –
Attendance: 64,100