Spain is buzzing

Spain is really controlling play here and they should have cashed in on a couple of chances they just had.

Pedro's shot from outside the box was stopped with a diving save by Neuer. Iniesta crossed a ball right across the line that a sliding David Villa couldn't connect with and finally Spain had another shot wide to the right post.

Germany finally had a chance in the second half: Klose connected with a volley on a cross but he put it over since he was off-balance after the pass was deflected.

0-0 in the 61st 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.