Neuville - well struck.

Cruz - crushed it.

1-1

Ballack - no problem.

Ayala - Lehmann save, guessed right. Would have looked like a great penalty if Lehmann had gone the wrong way!!

Podolski - great penalty.

6th penalty coming up - crucial

Rodriguez - perfectly placed.

3-2

Borowski - great penalty

Cambiasso all the pressure - Lehmann saves and he is the hero of Germany.

And to think I thought Jen was short for Jennifer.

I love penalty deciders.

"We play for 120 minutes and then Germany wins on penalty kicks" - Gary Lineker paraphrased.

I don't think I saw the keeper move early on any of them.

The difference was Germany hit all their penalties with power and confidence, Argentina were tentative.

The mouth waters at the thought of this one. Things I will be looking for.

Crespo's movement against the German central defenders.

The effect Tevez has on the game when he drops back into midfield.

Ballack and Riquelme - head to head - neither player has scored and surely something has to give.

Sorin against Bernd Schneider.

Klose and Podolski vs. Heinze and Ayala

Lubas Michael is in charge so expect a tightly run game with little tolerance for any nonsense.

I will be over the match tracker but will return for half time thoughts.

Enjoy.

There may be a few changes in the teams but Netherlands and Argentina is always one worth watching.

It's all been a bit cagey with the defenses in control for most of the half. The closest we came was when Riquelme whipped a free kick in along the ground only to see it deflected onto the post.

I am always amazed at how good Roberto Ayala is in the air despite the fact that he is only 5' 10''.

If we were "scoring" this one I think Argentina would be slightly ahead on points based on showing a bit more initiative.