Thomas Müller fired an unstoppable 20 metre shot to give Germany a
1-0 victory over the United States on Thursday and top spot in World Cup
Group G.
The United States, coached by former German boss Jurgen Klinsmann,
also went through to the last 16 despite the 1-0 defeat in rain-sodden
Recife.
The 1-0 win and Germany's domination of the game answered doubters
who had suggested the two sides could be happy with a draw that would
see them both through to the second round.
Germany went on the attack from the start and in the first 20 minutes
the ball was seldom out of the US half. Müller and his teammates
struggled to create clear cut chances though. The breakthrough came 10
minutes into the second half as US goalkeeper Tim Howard faced more
pressure.
Howard punched away a header from Per Mertesacker, but Müller was
waiting on the edge of the penalty area and fired it back in giving the
goalkeeper no chance.
Müller now has four goals in the tournament taking him level at the
top of the scorer's rankings with Argentina's Lionel Messi and Brazil's
Neymar.
Source : dfb.de