Germany advances to the semifinals after a thorough 4-0 thrashing of Argentina. Diego Maradona, Argentina's coach and controversial but historic icon, had said prior to the beginning of the World Cup that if Argentina won it all, he'd go streaking. We dodged a bullet there. Lionel Messi, Argentina's and arguably the world's best player, leaves the World Cup without a single goal to his name despite a good showing.
The story, however, is Germany's top goalscorer Miroslav Klose. Klose, who last game against England tied Pele on goals scored in all World Cup played, scored two against Argentina and is now just one goal behind all-time leading goalscorer in World Cups, Brazil's Ronaldo.
Having advanced to the semis, Germany assures itself two more games, the semifinal game and either the final or the third-place game depending on how they fare against the winner of the Spain/Paraguay game later on today. That's 180 minutes Klose has to score one more to tie Ronaldo's record, two to break it, or three or more to truly make the record his own. At 32, Klose could still play one more World Cup, but this could just as easily be his last.
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