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| Germany Overwhelms Australia |
Soccer betting odds had tabbed Germany as a -250 favorite, and their impressive performance made this price look like a steal. Takeback on Australia was +675 with the draw priced at +320. The four goals scored went OVER the posted total of 2’—an anomaly in a World Cup that to date has been the lowest scoring in history. Bettors that backed Germany to win the World Cup at +1400 were no doubt happy with the result, while the loss underscored the reason that Australia was a hefty +15000 choice to win the tournament. Australia came out looking to play a tight, defensive style but simply didn’t have the skill players to do that against a talented German side. Lukas Podolski was the finisher on a nice passing sequence to give the Germans a 1-0 lead just 8 minutes into the contest. They would strike again less than twenty minutes later when Bayern Munich superstar Miroslav Klose headed the ball into the net. Germany took this 2-0 lead into the locker room at halftime. Any hope the Australians had of mounting a comeback were snuffed out shortly after halftime as Tim Cahill was sent off after a red card booking. Since Australia couldn’t stop Germany’s offense with 11 men, they were completely overwhelmed a man down—Thomas Muller made it 3-0 in the 67th minute and Cacau scored just three minutes later for the 4-0 final margin of victory. Germany coach Joachim Low suggested that his team’s offensive creativity is vastly underrated: "I think the way we set up our attacks is something we've been working on intensively. But we've also worked on how we play off the ball -- to move into unused space. We were very good on the ball tonight, and we created beautiful goals." Miroslav Klose added: "We earned respect for ourselves. It was hugely important to win the first game, but nothing is won yet. We're a young team and we have fun playing." Aussie coach Pim Verbeek gave this assessment of his team’s performance: "It was not an easy game for us. We tried to make it very difficult for them and use our speed, but we didn't have the ball in the first 20 minutes." Germany will continue their Group D schedule against Serbia on Friday before concluding the preliminary slate against Ghana on June 23. Australia will play Ghana on Saturday and will face Serbia in their Group D finale. 
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With a number of highly ranked teams getting off to a slow start in World Cup play, there was some expectation that Germany could suffer a similar fate against an Australian team known for solid team defense. It didn’t quite work out that way—Germany scored just 8 minutes into the game and shredded the ‘Socceroos’ defense throughout the contest en route to a 4-0 victory in the Group D opener for both sides. Germany looked nothing like the boring, methodical team that they’re often accused of being as four different players scored goals in the lopsided win.
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