Personally, I had this down as a much tighter affair than this. Having not really seen the new and improved German side, I had this one down as a draw and boy was I wrong.The Socceroo's started brightly with two glorious chances early on in the game which were both missed.
It was then that the young and lively German squad came into the game with delicous passing, fantastic movement and great skill. In all honesty, it was just like watching Barcelona.
It was Lucas Podolski who opened the scoring on 8 minutes with a thunderous strike which flew into the top right hand corner. On closer inspection it actually took a touch off Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer to send it to the right hand corner but too much pace on the ball meant that there was no stopping the shot.
Germany weren't keen on resting on their laurels and continued to pour forward in attack and ripped through the Australian defence and were awarded with a second goal when Klose converted after Mueller's effort was parried out to the feet of Klose.
Half time couldn't come soon enough for Australia and they started off brightly in the second half creating a few chances but it was Germany who came on top every single time.
And when your luck is down, it's also out as Tim Cahill was sent off for a straight, yet very harsh red card which resulted in the Australian's going down to 10 men.
It was always going to be Germany's day and they got their third with Mueller tucking in off the post from the edge of the area to score.
Germany's fourth came 2 mins later when substitue Cacau turned in Ozil's centered cross just 2 minutes after coming on.
When you're good, you're good and Germany have looked the most impressive team thus far in this World Cup.
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