BigTimeFootball Cup. Semi Final. England v Germany

The blogosphere was ablaze before the match at Wembley. Wayne Rooney fired the first shots by taking to Twitter and claiming, "Achtung! Krauts cant win at Wembley". Sir Alex stoked the flames when he wondered aloud if German manager Jurgen Klopp, "knew what it takes to win a big match". German all-star captain Bastian Schweinsteiger hit back at Rooney saying, "Who cares what a hooligan says. Our side will be ready." Reporters asked Jurgen Klopp if revenge was on his mind for the 1966 World Cup defeat to England. To that, Klopp retorted, "We had our revenge in 1990, 1996 and 2010. We are only thinking of this game".

When the match finally arrived, the 96,000 fans that packed the New Wembley were treated to 66 degrees and partly cloudy weather, a perfect afternoon for football. The 30,000 travelling German supporters showed their ambivalence to the English/German rivalry as they sang out, "Wir würden lieber spielen Holland" or in English "We'd rather be playing Holland". Not to be outdone the English supporters rang out with , "Two World Wars and One world Cup" . A little racist? Sure, but this is England v Germany. Not a night at the opera.

Off the opening kick, the German All-Stars took the game right to the English All-Stars. In just the fourth minute, Robben streaked down the right side before cutting back to his preferred left foot and blazing a shot just over Tim Howards bar.

The lack of a true holding midfielder was very apparent in this contest. Midfielders for both sides had room to move and create. Marin and Götze linked up well to create several chances and Howard was forced into making several fine saves in the 9th and 10 minutes.

England got going 15 minutes into the match as All-Star captain John Terry blocked a Lucas Padolski shot which lead to a break. Modric juked Marin just outside of his own 18 yard box and he hit Spurs teammate Gareth Bale with a chipped pass. Bale proceeded to do what he does best. He nutmegged Arjen Robben and ran full speed Hoffenheim's Andreas Beck. Beck turned to run with Bale and the two cheetahs went stride for stride. Just before Bale hit the end line he arrowed a left footed cross to a trailing Wayne Rooney who unleashed a powerful header to roof of the net. Enlgand were in front.

the England supporters found their voice, the lads found their footing. The attacks started to come from the wings as both Bale and Glenn Johnson whipped in crosses. England almost made it 2 - 0 in the 25th minute but Suarez's header rattled off the bar.

Suarez was not to be denied just 6 minutes later. Suarez ran off the shoulder of Mats Hummels and as two midfielders collapsed on David Silva he found the Uruguayan in stride. Suarez danced around Marc-Andre ter Stegen and guided the ball into the empty net. Now it was 2 - 0 to the home side.

England did not let their foot off the gas the rest of the half. Suarez and Aguero's movement led to opportunities. If it wasn’t for a brilliant diving Stegen save off of a thunderous Bale free kick in the 43rd minute England would have had 3. Another Stegen save from an Aguero shot resulted in England’s 4th corner of the half. Now it was time for the youngest and most controversial pick, Phil Jones to find the net. Jones towered over Filip Daems and headed down past Stegen. 3 - 0 ENGLAND!!

Then the game turned on its head in the one minute of first half extra time. After Schweinsteiger picked Rooney's pocket, he found Erin Derdiyok on the left wing. The Swiss international then played a fine give and go with Podolski and Derdiyok only had Phil Jones to beat. A swivel of the hips and a clean pair of heels later Derdiyok was bearing down on Howard. Jones must have felt he only had one option as he grabbed Derdiyok's shoulder pulled him down just inside the penalty area.

Referree Mark Clattenburg immediately showed Jones the Red Card and pointed to the spot. John Terry and Wayne Rooney were yellow carded for dissent for ripping into Clattenburg. Replays however vindicated the Clattenburg call. After the yellow cards and several missiles were thrown onto the pitch, Schweinsteiger stepped up to take the penalty. Howard dove right and Schweinsteiger's penalty was blasted straight down the middle.

When the whistle blew for half time England were down to ten men but they were still ahead 3 - 1. Phil Jones had gone from hero to villian

The second half saw 1 substitution from Sir Alex. Knowing he had a lead to protect and three defenders weren’t going to be able to make it hold, he brought on Ryan Shawcross for Sergio Aguero. This left Suarez as the lone striker and trouble maker up front.

As soon as the whistle blew to start the second half the blitzkrieg was on. Götze dribbled past Modric and Rooney only to see another save from Howard. This was a sign of things to come and Sir Alex knew it. He kept motioning his men back but with Rooney and Modric in the middle, two men out of position, it was only a matter of time before the Germans broke through again.

As England parked the bus in front Howard's net, the German all-stars kept creating chances. In the 72 minute the Germans had a breakthrough. Arjen Robben whipped in another corner kick and American Steven Cherundolo hammered a header into the top right corner. The Germans were nipping at the English heels now 3 - 2.

England held tough until the 83rd minute when substitute Kevin Großkreutz pounced on a loose ball in the 6 yard box to level the game at 3 a piece.

Sir Alex brought on his last two subs knowing that he needed a goal and some fresh legs. Robin Van Persie was brought in for an exhausted Luis Suarez and Ashley Young replaced Gareth Bale. Klopp countered with strikers Cacau for Padolski and Schürrle for  Götze.

The Germans continued to press for a winner when against the run of play England created a miracle. Newly inserted Cacau got too cute with his dribbling and lost possession to Wayne Rooney. Rooney found teammate Ashley Young out on the left wing who side stepped Großkreutz and then tussled with Andreas Beck. Young somehow managed to get around the gifted Beck and he darted in a cross that met the educated left foot of Robin Van Persie.

Van Persie’s shot was expertly taken and the ball slammed into the back of the German net. All of England erupted. The England players mobbed Van Persie and the Germans fell to ground many already with tears in their eyes.

At the beginning of the match the German fans had sung for a game with Holland instead they were eliminated from the tournament by a Dutchman. Epic

Then... somewhere from the top of the terraces it started... "There were ten German bombers in the air, There were ten German bombers in the". As the final whistle blew, England had won and the last chorus was sung, "Cos the RAF from Britain shot them down".

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