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Germany Defeats England, 4-1, Advances to World Cup Quarterfinals

   VOA Sports 27 June 2010
   Germany's  Thomas Mueller, center, celebrates scoring his side's forth
   goal  past  England goalkeeper David James, left, during the World Cup
   round  of  16  soccer  match between Germany and England at Free State
   Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Sunday, J

Photo: AP

   Germany's  Thomas Mueller, center, celebrates scoring his side's forth
   goal  past  England goalkeeper David James, left, during the World Cup
   round  of  16  soccer  match between Germany and England at Free State
   Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Sunday, June 27, 2010.

   Germany  has  advanced to the quarterfinals of football's World Cup in
   South Africa with a 4-1 victory over England in Bloemfontein.
   Miroslav Klose beat the defense and put it between the legs of English
   goalkeeper  David  James in the 20th minute and Lukas Podolski tallied
   in the 32nd for a 2-0 Germany lead.
   Matthew  Upson  cut  the  deficit  in  half  for  England  in the 37th
   minute.   Frank  Lampard  appeared  to  tie the match at 2-2 a minute
   later,  when  TV replays showed his shot off the crossbar bounced down
   and crossed the line.  But Uruguayan referee Jorge Larrionda ruled it
   no goal and Germany held a 2-1 lead at halftime.
   The  second  half  belonged to Germany's Thomas Müller, who scored in
   the 67th and again in the 70th minute to put the match out of reach.
   In  Sunday's  late  game,  Argentina  faces  Mexico  at Soccer City in
   Johannesburg.   Mexico  has  defeated Argentina only four times in 25
   previous  meetings.  Argentina won 11 of those contests, and the rest
   ended in draws.

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