Highlights: Germany 4 Australia 0

(Reuters) – Highlights of Sunday’s second Group D game in the 2010 World Cup finals which saw Germany beat Australia 4-0 at the Moses Mabhida Stadium. 4 – Germany fullback Philipp Lahm blocks the ball in front of goal to deny Australia midfielder Richard Garcia whose right-foot shot from 12 meters is set up by Tim Cahill’s header. 7 – Miroslav Klose breaks clear for Germany but shoots straight at goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and Australia eventually manage to scramble the ball clear. 8 – GERMANY 1 AUSTRALIA 0 – Striker Lukas Podolski opens the scoring with a rising left-foot drive from 10 meters that Schwarzer gets a hand to but cannot keep out after Thomas Mueller, who looks offside, cuts the ball back across the area.

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12 – YELLOW CARD – Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil is booked for diving by Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez.

24 – Klose squanders a fantastic chance to put Germany further ahead when he blasts the ball wide with the goal at his mercy after being put through by Podolski.

24 YELLOW CARD – Australia defender Craig Moore is booked for dissent.

26 – GERMANY 2 AUSTRALIA 0 – Klose puts Germany in control with a brave header as he gets between Australia captain Lucas Neill and Schwarzer to meet a perfect Lahm cross from the right. Klose has now scored 49 goals in 97 games for his country.

31 – Ozil is sent clear and lifts the ball over the advancing Schwarzer with his left foot but Neill manages to volley clear from under the bar.

45 + 1 – HALFTIME – Rodriguez brings the first half to a close with Germany in total command against a shaken Australia side who have it all to do in the second half.

46 – SUBSTITUTION – Australia bring on attacking midfielder Brett Holman to replace the defensive-minded Vince Grella in the hope of providing more support to isolated forward Cahill.

56 – RED CARD – Cahill is shown a straight red card for a strong challenge on Bastian Schweinsteiger that leaves the German on the ground and the Australians reeling.

60 – Schwarzer denies Klose by rushing out to save his right-foot shot with his feet and Sami Khedira just fails to get on the end of Klose’s low cross from the rebound.

64 – SUBSTITUTION – Australia forward Nikita Rukavytsya replaces midfielder Garcia.

66 – Podolski crosses for Klose whose first-time effort flies just wide of Schwarzer’s right-hand post following another fine move by an unstoppable Germany side.

68 – GERMANY 3 AUSTRALIA 0 – The lively Mueller gets the goal he deserves with a lovely piece of individual skill as he turns Scott Chipperfield and fires a right-foot shot through Neill’s legs that goes in off the post.

69 – SUBSTITUTION – Cacau replaces Klose in attack for Germany.

70 – GERMANY 4 AUSTRALIA 0 – Substitute Cacau makes an instant impact by firing home from close range in front of goal after being set up by Ozil’s low cross into the area.

74 – SUBSTITUTION – Germany bring on forward Mario Gomez to replace attacking midfielder Ozil and Australia introduce Mile Jedinak for Brett Emerton in their midfield.

81 – SUBSTITUTION – Germany introduce winger Marko Marin for Podolski in attack.

90+2 YELLOW CARD – Cacau booked for diving.

90+3 FULL TIME – GERMANY 4 AUSTRALIA 0 – Germany’s young side send out a warning to their rivals for the World Cup trophy with a comprehensive victory over a 10-man Australia team who were outplayed from the start by their impressive opponents.