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LIVE UPDATE: Carles Puyol's header in the 72nd minute powered Spain past Germany and into its first-ever World Cup final. The score is 1-0.
Watch Germany vs Spain Live Streaming World Cup 2010 [Semi-finals]. The last semi-final match for the World Cup 2010 tournament is between the young Germans and the calculated Spaniards. Throughout the whole tournament, this would be one of the most awaited matches as both teams are eligible and rightful to be called football World Champions. The match starts at 20:30 local time and will be held inMoses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa.
Not many had high expectations for the Germans. Most assumed that this young team would just gather experience in an elite tournament and then gracefully exit the tournament sometime between the quarterfinals and round of 16. But that never happened. In contrast, they amazed the world with their strong counter-attacks that enabled them to score 4 goals in a match 3 times. One against Australia, another against England and against Argentina.
Germany also has one of the best strikers in the tournament in Miroslav Klose with 4 goals so far out of 14 World Cup goals. Another 1 and he equals superstar Ronaldo of Brazil. Here is what he had to say:
"I spoke with Ronaldo after the [2002 World Cup] final. At that time, I'd have never dreamed of coming this close to his record, with just two more goals to surpass him. I hope he is not too worried."
Spain on the other hand are already champions of Europe. In so doing, they defeated the Spaniards in the Euro 2008 finals 1-0. Thus, this game can be considered as a rematch between the two soccer superpowers. As we have seen so far, Spain have been very calculated in everything they did and that has served them well. But is that enough against a young and a strong counter-attacking team? We shall know later.
