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Spain reached the World Cup final for the first time after the European champions ground out a 1-0 victory over Germany. More
90+4 Neuer comes out to head away a long ball with Torres through... Schweinsteiger plays it long, Ozil pumps it in but headed away AND THAT IS IT! Spain are in the final! They're on the pitch and a new team will win the World Cup.
90+3 SPAIN SUB: Marchena on for Alonso....
87' Jansen lollops down the left, inside to Poldi and now Ozil. Wide to Lahm, great ball but Klose cannot get his head on it. Spain break but a dreadful pass from Torres with Silva inside, Jansen puts out for a throw.
85' SPAIN SUB: Pedro comes off for David Silva.
82' And Spain break, Pedro is in, surely 2-0 and Torres to his left with only Friedrich back but Pedro bottles it and falls over the ball!
81' SPAIN SUB: Torres is on for David Villa. Heads are shaking among Spain fans.
81' Jansen slides past Ramos and crosses low but hammered away for a throw. GERMANY SUB: Khedira off, Gomez on.
73' Xavi puts the corner in AND PUYOL WITH THE TOWERING HEADER AND IN! GOAL SPAIN! And from a corner of all things! Top right!
69' Germany with some ball now as they knock it about in midfield slower than they are accustomed to. This is brilliant though as Podolski is put through on the left and he digs out a beauty FOR KROOS AT THE FAR POST but his scuffed finish is batted away by Casillas!
63' Alonso dances in the Germany half. Now Xavi, to Capdevila, to Iniesta, free-flowing now as ALONSO PUTS IT IN FOR RAMOS WHO MUST SCORE but just beyond him with Podolski of all people sliding in to put him off! Wow, Podolski did his job and then some, the winger tracking the full-back all the way when no-one saw him.
62' GERMANY SUB: And it is another man from the young team of Jogi Loew - Toni Kroos, 20, is on for Trochowski.
61' The ball is thrown short, Jansen crosses and it comes off Ramos AND PODOLSKI WITH THE OVERHEAD but he smashes it over! Difficult technique that.
58' Alonso tries to dictate play from less deep than usual as Spain come forward. Lovely play as it is teed up for PEDRO but a great save by Neuer! Xavi on the rebound and he skins his man with a super drag-back and feeds Iniesta who is in AND HE DRILLS IT ACROSS GOAL AND SURELY VILLA BUT INCHES AWAY FROM HIM!
56' Lovely from Iniesta to turn inside, he finds Xavi who touches it to VILLA but he drives it wide. He scuffed that badly.
53' GERMANY SUB: Well. Neither Podolski nor Khedira have been taken off, it is Boateng. He looks confused. So Jansen will play as an attacking left-back. Must be an attacking change, to try and keep Ramos downfield.
50' JUST WIDE FROM ALONSO! He rasped a left-foot drive past the flailing Neuer but a yard wide! Good build-up play, Xavi with a lovely lay-off.
46' The second half is underway and Spain attack immediately but to no avail.
45+1 Half-time and goalless in a very tight game between to excellent sides of contrasting styles.
45+1 Klose on the ball, he plays it into Ozil who is surrounded and he goes down but no penalty! Puyol got the ball, says the ref! Down the other end Pedro shoots from range but straight at Neuer.
32' Ozil puts the corner in and Klose leaps and it spins off someone's torso and away to safety! Casillas again unconvincing at a corner.
32' Germany break, Lahm on the right, this is when they're deadly and inside to Trochowski WHO DRILLS IT LOW AND CASILLAS TIPS IT BEHIND! That is more like it.
28' Podolski is down again after a nasty little stamp on his foot by Ramos. That was not nice.
15' Taken by Ozil, who overhits it a bit and Casillas flaps AND AN OPEN GOAL but just beyond the Germans flying in far post!
13' Boateng puts it out for a corner under pressure from Ramos. First of the night. Taken short and worked back to Iniesta on the right AND HE WHIPS IN A LOVELY BALL FOR PUYOL SURELY BUT HE HAMMERS IT OVER! Free header! Should have been the opener.
10' Germany get some ball as Schweinsteiger looks long for Klose. Too long but Klose somehow gets it off Pique and he chases Casillas down, who hoofs it nervously... Alonso now gives it away and Schweinsteiger puts Ozil through but offside! No! He was level! Bad call!
6' Pedro gets the ball again and he slides it through and Germany's defence opens up and VILLA SLIDES IN but Neuer flies out to block with his chest!
1' The first half is underway! Spain in red, Germany in white.
18:35 TEAMS - Germany: 1-Manuel Neuer; 16-Philipp Lahm, 3-Arne Friedrich, 17-Per Mertesacker, 20-Jerome Boateng, 15-Piotr Trochowski, 6-Sami Khedira, 7-Bastian Schweinsteiger, 10-Lukas Podolski, 8-Mesut Ozil, 11-Miroslav Klose /// Spain: 1-Iker Casillas; 15-Sergio Ramos, 3-Gerard Pique, 5-Carles Puyol, 11-Joan Capdevila; 14-Xabi Alonso, 8-Xavi, 6-Andres Iniesta, 16-Sergio Busquets; 18-Pedro, 7-David Villa
87' Jansen lollops down the left, inside to Poldi and now Ozil. Wide to Lahm, great ball but Klose cannot get his head on it. Spain break but a dreadful pass from Torres with Silva inside, Jansen puts out for a throw.
82' And Spain break, Pedro is in, surely 2-0 and Torres to his left with only Friedrich back but Pedro bottles it and falls over the ball!
73' Xavi puts the corner in AND PUYOL WITH THE TOWERING HEADER AND IN! GOAL SPAIN! And from a corner of all things! Top right!
69' Germany with some ball now as they knock it about in midfield slower than they are accustomed to. This is brilliant though as Podolski is put through on the left and he digs out a beauty FOR KROOS AT THE FAR POST but his scuffed finish is batted away by Casillas!
63' Alonso dances in the Germany half. Now Xavi, to Capdevila, to Iniesta, free-flowing now as ALONSO PUTS IT IN FOR RAMOS WHO MUST SCORE but just beyond him with Podolski of all people sliding in to put him off! Wow, Podolski did his job and then some, the winger tracking the full-back all the way when no-one saw him.
61' The ball is thrown short, Jansen crosses and it comes off Ramos AND PODOLSKI WITH THE OVERHEAD but he smashes it over! Difficult technique that.
58' Alonso tries to dictate play from less deep than usual as Spain come forward. Lovely play as it is teed up for PEDRO but a great save by Neuer! Xavi on the rebound and he skins his man with a super drag-back and feeds Iniesta who is in AND HE DRILLS IT ACROSS GOAL AND SURELY VILLA BUT INCHES AWAY FROM HIM!
56' Lovely from Iniesta to turn inside, he finds Xavi who touches it to VILLA but he drives it wide. He scuffed that badly.
50' JUST WIDE FROM ALONSO! He rasped a left-foot drive past the flailing Neuer but a yard wide! Good build-up play, Xavi with a lovely lay-off.
45+1 Klose on the ball, he plays it into Ozil who is surrounded and he goes down but no penalty! Puyol got the ball, says the ref! Down the other end Pedro shoots from range but straight at Neuer.
32' Ozil puts the corner in and Klose leaps and it spins off someone's torso and away to safety! Casillas again unconvincing at a corner.
32' Germany break, Lahm on the right, this is when they're deadly and inside to Trochowski WHO DRILLS IT LOW AND CASILLAS TIPS IT BEHIND! That is more like it.
15' Taken by Ozil, who overhits it a bit and Casillas flaps AND AN OPEN GOAL but just beyond the Germans flying in far post!
13' Boateng puts it out for a corner under pressure from Ramos. First of the night. Taken short and worked back to Iniesta on the right AND HE WHIPS IN A LOVELY BALL FOR PUYOL SURELY BUT HE HAMMERS IT OVER! Free header! Should have been the opener.
10' Germany get some ball as Schweinsteiger looks long for Klose. Too long but Klose somehow gets it off Pique and he chases Casillas down, who hoofs it nervously... Alonso now gives it away and Schweinsteiger puts Ozil through but offside! No! He was level! Bad call!
6' Pedro gets the ball again and he slides it through and Germany's defence opens up and VILLA SLIDES IN but Neuer flies out to block with his chest!
18:35 TEAMS - Germany: 1-Manuel Neuer; 16-Philipp Lahm, 3-Arne Friedrich, 17-Per Mertesacker, 20-Jerome Boateng, 15-Piotr Trochowski, 6-Sami Khedira, 7-Bastian Schweinsteiger, 10-Lukas Podolski, 8-Mesut Ozil, 11-Miroslav Klose /// Spain: 1-Iker Casillas; 15-Sergio Ramos, 3-Gerard Pique, 5-Carles Puyol, 11-Joan Capdevila; 14-Xabi Alonso, 8-Xavi, 6-Andres Iniesta, 16-Sergio Busquets; 18-Pedro, 7-David Villa