Australia vs Serbia

23/6/10 20:30 Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

Australia 2-1 Serbia

Goal Scorers: Brett Holman, Tim Cahill [A] and Marko Pantelic [S]

Group D was the most interesting, fiery and determined teams in the finals so far. See, every single team had a win, with Australia adding to that list tonight. The magnificent goal from Tim Cahill, where he proceeded to beat the corner flag, and vent all his frustration for that red card. A stunning spur of the moment strike from Holman, one of those that you don't see often, and Marko Pantelic getting a late goal for Serbia.

To be honest, I hardly watched the match. I was way too caught up with the German game. The Socceroos played a most worthy performance, and, like any of these underdog teams in the World Cup, should be well applauded for their efforts. They could have gotten through, just like how SA could have, but it was not to be.

See ya, mates!

Germany vs Serbia

Serbia vs. Germany

18/16/10

Weather: Sunny. 12’ degrees

Serbia 1-0 Germany

Goal Scorer: Milan Jovanovic

RED CARD: Miroslav Klose

Podolski missed a penalty. That is a fault but for a German it is a mighty offence. He should have had hat-ricks, the amount of times he got the ball sighing over either side of that horrible net. His knees were cracking with old age and then his legs turned to jelly. More than that, he could not get through the smog somewhere in his frontal lobe. It was tough, and it was torturous. The poor guy.

Then there is the felony of the match, of the day, Miroslav Klose’s red card. I wasn’t watching, turned around and there, Klose commanded off. If it were anyone else I would have believed it, but I’ve never thought of him as a wild wicked player. The referees should be shipped off to the gulag, a simple tackle does not deserve a yellow, and nobody needs to get a red card because the referee is insecure. The thing I most detest is when they flash that card they act like their doing the fans a favour.

After that they were like cats unravelling a ball of wool, and no matter where they ran and chewed, they could not coordinate. Serbia scored, and Germany remained defeated. Yes, the Serbs played well but Ghana beat them, judging by that the Klose-less team, need to play the way they did against Australia. I know they deserve a chance, but I don’t want to see Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia and Greece in the semi-finals.

Check out the hopeless defending by the Germans and Klose's two yellow cards:

Ghana vs. Serbia

13/06/10 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

Ghana 1-0 Serbia

Goal Scorer: Asamoah Gyan

I thought Ghana should have been better, being the Black Stars of Africa. Many have herald them as the best team in Africa and its going to take a lot more than a penalty to win a game. The penalty was awarded in the 83rd minute, after a handball by Zdravko Kuzmanovic and was confidently put high into the net by Asamoah Gyan. Though Serbia and Ghana could have both capitalized on numerous chances, they failed to make the most of it, and Ghana walked a way with a one nil win.

RED CARD: Serbian defender Aleksandar Lukovic