Germany missing a penalty must be one of the stories of this World Cup but Lukas Podolski's weak effort was easily dealt with once Nemanja Vidic became the second Serbian defender to give away a handball in successive matches. Milan Jonanovic, who is Rafael Benitez's parting gift to Liverpool scored the decisive goal once Miroslav Klose had, somewhat harshly, been dismissed for a second bookable offence. 

Joachim Low pointed out that Germany were handed eight yellow cards but although they attacked to the end, the aura that surrounded them after their 4-0 destruction of Australia has largely evaporated.