Socceroos Deny Black Stars Three Points

The Jabulani ball struck again. Richard Kingson could not cleanly collect Mark Bresciano's free kick shot and Brett Holman pounched to give Australia the lead against Ghana. It was just rewards for the Aussies who shot off the blocks and went on the attack immediately.

What happened after that changed the game completely.

For the second match in a row, the Socceroos collected an undeserved red card, this time on Harry Kewell. With both Tim Cahill and Kewell out for the final crucial match against Serbia, it will be hard for the Aussies to score the required three goals to qualify for the knock out phase.

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Rampant Germany Scores Four Against Aging Socceroos

Germany addressed the lack of goals in the World Cup in style. Die Mannschaft put on an impressive display of attacking football to thrash Australia 4-0. The intelligent movement off the ball was a joy to watch and a big change from the low-key affair seen so far. Mesut Oezil, Schweinsteiger, Podolski and Khedira played with an understanding and fluency that was almost telepathic.

Joachim Loew justified his decision to include six strikers into his German squad with Podolski, Klose, Mueller and Cacau all scoring. But it was the way Germany carved open chance after chance which impressed all of us who watched the match. It was truly breathtaking.

Socceroos coach, Pim Verbeek sprang a surprise naming Tim Cahill as a lone striker. His desire to get involved got the better of him as he was red-carded in the second half. An unfair red card, if you ask me and Cahill's dismissal makes Australia's chances of progress very slim indeed.

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2010 World Cup Group D Head To Head

Group D brings about potentially some interesting matchups. Serbian connections in Australia will divide family loyalty when Australia takes on Serbia.

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