That was some message the Germans sent to the rest of the world. Slick passing. Great defending and goalkeeping and great scoring chances. And what a story. After the 2006 World Cup where they fell in the semifinals to Italy, Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose were deemed to be the next great German stars in the Bundesliga. They both won with Bayern Munich but Podolski was soon benched and cast out later to Koln his first German club. The same thing happened to Klose even after Bayern ditched Luca Toni and feuded with Franck Ribery, he got benched.
But the two have great scoring reputations in the international game where they just turn it up a notch.
Klose to Podolski was like old times and when the former signaled with three fingers, he meant that this was the third consecutive World Cup where he scored. In 2002 in Korea and Japan, he tallied five goals. He repeated the feat in '06 in Germany where he won the Golden Boot.
And now 4-0 (they are the second team to score more than one goal in this World Cup so far) with a third goal added my the sound Thomas Muller and fourth by late substitute Cacau. The Germans were efficient once more in their management of the game. And it made Joachim Loew look like a genius for reinstalling his twin strike force of Klose and Podolski upfront even if they've had poor seasons in the Bundesliga and for going with young players like keeper Manuel Neuer of Schalke, midfielders Sami Khedira of Stuttgartand Muller of Bayern, and striker Cacau of Stuttgart. Right now, I'm looking forward to see Mario Gomez get some playing time.
German efficiency rocks!
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