Less than 24 hours after their stunning 4-1 win over England, Germany were already planning for Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against Argentina – and how to contain Lionel Messi.

They take on Diego Maradona’s Argentina in Cape Town on Saturday and according to midfielder Sami Khedira, the key will be to contain Messi, the world footballer of the year and Argentina’s talisman.…

Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer has had the last laugh in his running war of words with England after his team were “simply better in every aspect” than their second round opponents.

Beckenbauer had criticised England’s style of play before it was even confirmed they would face Germany in the tournament and he is now revelling in Germany’s 4-1 victory, playing down the importance of the equaliser by Frank Lampard that was missed by officials since England were well beaten regardless.…

Germany coach Joachim Löw paid tribute to his young side after they thumped England 4-1 to reach the World Cup quarter finals.

Löw hailed his side’s domination of their more experienced opponents as two goals from Thomas Muller and one apiece for Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski powered Germany towards a last eight meeting with Argentina.…

Unless you were on another planet, you would have heard by now that Germany thrashed England 4-1 in the World Cup round of 16 game.

Here are the highlights from that game, including the controversial no-goal for England. Relive how the clinical Germans blew England’s lackluster players away.

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Germany inflicted England’s worst World Cup finals defeat ever on Sunday after a 4-1 victory in their round of 16 game.

Germany’s superior movement and ruthless finishing made them worthy winners on an afternoon when England’s defending was shockingly inept and their talisman, Wayne Rooney, once again failed to deliver on the game’s biggest stage.…

The Germany team suffered a setback ahead of its 2010 FIFA World Cup round-of-16 clash with England in Bloemfontein. Stuttgart striker Cacau strained an abdominal muscle in training on Friday, and is out for Sunday’s match.

“This injury will not allow him to play against England,” Germany team manager Oliver Bierhoff told the website of the German Football Association (DFB). “He picked up the injury in training on Friday. We are working on it so that he would be fit for the next match. We are confident he would be.”

Whether there is a next match for Germany will be determined by the outcome of Sunday’s clash with England. A key factor may be how well Miroslav Klose, the man expected to return to the starting line-up after serving his red-card suspension, plays in the lone striker role Cacau took up in Wednesday’s win over Ghana.…

Lahm said at the start of the tournament this was the best team he had ever played in, and that view has been reinforced by events so far in South Africa.

Germany could hardly have wished for a better start to the tournament, thrashing Australia 4-0 in what was probably the best performance by any side during the opening round of matches.

However, they saw their wings clipped in their second game as they were defeated 1-0 by Serbia in a match that saw Miroslav Klose sent off and Lukas Podolski miss a penalty.

That left Germany needing to win their final Group D match against Ghana to guarantee themselves a place in the last 16 and, although it was not the best of performances, Low’s men won 1-0 to finish top of the standings.…

David Cameron and his German counterpart Angela Merkel may put aside historic rivalries and watch the crunch World Cup football match between England and Germany together, they said Friday.

Cameron and the German Chancellor want to talk about tuning in to Sunday’s last 16 clash — and Cameron has joked he will “try not to wrestle her to the ground during penalties.”

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