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Four times (in a row) a charm. Germany in semi-finals
Germany beat France 1:0 in a clash of European giants in the quarter-final of the World Cup. It will be the fourth time in a row for Germany to play in the semi-finals. Joachim Loew's side will face Brazil on the 8th of July in Belo Horizonte.
4th of July 2014, 18:00 – Rio de Janeiro (Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho)
France – Germany 0:1 (0:1)
Goal: Mats Hummels 12.
France: Hugo Lloris – Mathieu Debuchy, Raphaël Varane, Mamadou Sakho (72, Laurent Koscielny), Patrice Evra – Mathieu Valbuena (85, Olivier Giroud), Paul Pogba, Yohan Cabaye (73, Loïc Rémy), Blaise Matuidi, Antoine Griezmann – Karim Benzema.
Germany: Manuel Neuer – Philipp Lahm, Jérôme Boateng, Mats Hummels, Benedikt Höwedes – Thomas Müller, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Sami Khedira, Toni Kroos (90, Christoph Kramer), Mesut Özil (83, Mario Götze) – Miroslav Klose (69, André Schürrle).
Yellow cards: Khedira, Schweinsteiger.
Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina).
