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Germany Takes 3rd Place in World Cup

   VOA News 10 July 2010
   Germany's   Sami   Khedira,   center,  celebrates  with  teammate  Per
   Mertesacker  after  scoring  country's  third  goal  during  World Cup
   third-place soccer match, 10 July 2010

Photo: AP

   Germany's   Sami   Khedira,   center,  celebrates  with  teammate  Per
   Mertesacker  after  scoring  country's  third  goal  during  World Cup
   third-place soccer match in South Africa, 10 July 2010

   Germany  has won third place in the World cup with a late game header,
   beating Uruguay 3-2.
   Germany's  Sami  Khedira  scored  in  the  82nd minute after Uruguay's
   defense  failed  to  clear a corner from Mesut Oezil.  The goal ended
   Uruguay's hopes of beating Germany for the first time in 82 years.
   Thomas Mueller gave Germany the lead in the 19th minute with his fifth
   goal  of  the  tournament,  but Uruguayan Edinson Cavani equalized the
   score nine minutes later.
   Uruguay  took the lead early in the second half with a strike by Diego
   Forlan,  but  Marcell  Jansen leveled the score for Germany within six
   minutes.
   The  championship  game  will  be  played Sunday between Spain and The
   Netherlands.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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