Babyface Kroos almost breaks through for Germany

Despite the fact that they're being throughly outplayed, you have to be aware of Germany and their lethal counterattack.

The Germans nearly went up 1-0 as Kroos was on the end of a cross and his shot forced a diving save by Casillas. That shot seemed to have given them a little life.

0-0 in the 72nd minute.

Spain vs. Germany live blog

Here we are, Germany vs. Spain to determine who will play Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup final on Sunday and who will meet Uruguay on Saturday in the third-place match.

Starting 11s:

Germany Lineup
G
1Manuel Neuer
CD-L
3Arne Friedrich
CD-R
17Per Mertesacker
LB
20Jerome Boateng
RB
16Philipp Lahm
LM
7Bastian Schweinsteiger
RM
6Sami Khedira
F
11Miroslav Klose
RCF
8Mesut Özil
AM-L
10Lukas Podolski
AM-R
15Piotr Trochowski

Spain Lineup
G
1Iker Casillas
CD-L
5Carles Puyol
CD-R
3Gerard Piqué
LB
11Joan Capdevila
RB
15Sergio Ramos
CM
16Sergio Busquets
LM
14Xabi Alonso
RM
8Xavi
F
18Pedro
LF
7David Villa
RF
6Andrés Iniesta

It's 0-0 in the 17th minute but Spain has had nearly 70% of the possession so far. The Spanish have also had two great chances: David Villa's shot was saved by Manuel Neuer in the sixth minute and Carlos Puyol's header went over in the 14th minute.

The Germans showed their first flourish with two crosses across the Spain box that Iker Casillas had to punch out of danger.

Yikes

Haha just after I lauded Casillas for a good play (albeit after a bad first touch by him) he almost gave up a weak goal to Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Man U. star took a free kick from 37 yards away and put it on goal, right in Casillas' stomach but for some reason (swerve?) he didn't catch it and it bounced out. Luckily for him and Spain, nobody from Portugal was on the doorstep.

0-0 in the 30th minute.

Iker Casillas says hello

Tiago just had the first real chance for Portugal: his shot from outside the box was hit in the air by Spanish goalkeeper Ikea Casillas.

Rather than safely put it over the bar, his save deflected almost into the goal so he had to hit it away before a Portuguese player came crashing into him.

0-0 in the 24th minute but this is great stuff. Two heavyweights going blow for blow.