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.

Premier League star Ferreira’s Surrey home ransacked in WC training absence

London, May 21(ANI): Chelsea defender Paulo Ferreira has joined the long list of Premier League players who have been robbed by thugs, when burglars raided his two million pound home in Surrey.

According to reports, the gang disabled a sophisticated alarm and smashed a window to enter the house.

They later ransacked every room and ripped out a hidden floor safe before escaping in Ferreira’s 50,000-pound BMW.

The car was later tracked with the help of GPS and found in Essex.

Investigating officials suspect that a member of 31-year-old’s inner circle betrayed him, as the raiders struck hours after he jetted for World Cup training in Portugal.

“We suspect the raiders had very good information – very possibly from someone who knew him. They picked their moment perfectly, knew the house was vacant and disabled the alarm easily. They also appear to have known where the safe was,” The Sun quoted a police source, as saying.

Earlier in September 2009, Everton defender Phil Jagielka was robbed by three thugs at knifepoint at his 2.5 million pound house in Knutsford.

His house was ransacked and burglars forced him to hand over jewellery and the keys to his Range Rover.

Jagielka was the 17th football player to be targeted in three years.

Blackburn Rovers midfielder Vince Grella has also been a victim after he was held at knifepoint inside his Wilmslow home, and in December 2007, burglars had confronted Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard’s wife Alex Curran while he was playing away in the Champions League. (ANI)

Neill helps Galatasaray to victory

Lucas Neill helped secure a 4-1 win for his new Turkish Super Lig club Galatasaray in their clash with Diyarbakirspor.

The Australian defender fired home Galatasaray’s third goal of the match in the early stages of the second half.

Team-mate Milan Baros was in fine form, picking up a hat-trick.

He opened the scoring in the 18th minute and followed up with another 10 minutes later and a third moments after Neill’s goal.

Alper Aydin was the only player to get on the scoresheet for Diyarbakirspor with a goal halfway through the second half.

It was Neill’s first goal for Galatasaray since he joined the club in January after a short stint with English Premier League club Everton.

Compatriot Harry Kewell was missing from the match. He is still recovering from a groin injury.

In the English Premiership, Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer pulled off some spectacular saves to hold Liverpool to a 0-0 draw.

Vince Grella and Brett Emerton both started in Blackburn’s 0-0 draw with Manchester United.

Elsewhere, Scott Chipperfield celebrated FC Basel’s 2-1 win over Zurich in the Swiss Super League.