World Cup 2010 - 3rd/4th Placing - Germany vs Uruguay

What an exciting game this was! Both teams have nothing much to lose except for pride and they showed it with an attack based strategies. In the end though, the Germans were slightly better than the South Americans with a 3-2 result.

From the start the Germans attacked while the Uruguayans defended lightly. Early on, the Germans put the ball in to the opposition net but was declared offside, which does not seem to be the right call. The Uruguayans also had a chance to score from a free kick twice but Diego Forlan could not convert that into a goal.

The Germans struck soon after with a goal from Thomas Muller, who had a lucky bounce off the Uruguayan goalie from a thundering shot from Schweinsteiger. The Uruguayans picked up their game after this goal and they were rewarded a goal before half time.

After the break, both team came storming into the field with the Germans taking the early initiative but it was Uruguayans who struck first. Diego Forlan hit a wonderful shot into goal to get them up 2-1 in the 51st minute.

The Germans then struck back 5 minutes later. Jansen headed in the ball when the Uruguayan goalie mistimed his clearance. Both team now played more aggressively with the Germans rekindling their style which got them so far in this tournament. They finally struck again in the 81st minute when Sami Khedira headed in a arcing header from a melee in the Uruguayan goal area.



Forlan could have leveled the score in the final minute of the game but the free kick he took hit against the top post and hence ended the game with a victory to the Germans.