Typical performance from Germany, solid in defence, very few missed passes in midfield and very effective up front.
Frings had a great game, he bossed around the midfield and went forward a lot, was a lot more dominant than Ballack who I thought was rather quiet. My man of the match goes to Frngs then. Podolski comes second for obvious reasons (the 2 goals) and Klose comes third.
It's a real shame that Gomez couldn't score on the 4th minute after that pass from Klose, but I don't think Löw will bench him because I thought this XI/formation worked really well.
Good start for Germany, I'm hoping they top the group, so that Portugal will only have to face them in the semi-finals.
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