Not just yet. They creamed England 4-1 in a round of 16 match where Mick Jagger out of Rolling Stones was apparently in the audience but they've still got three games left before they can claim a fourth title. The German goals were scored by Miroslav Klose, Lukas Podolski, and two by Thomas Muller and the English goal was scored by Matthew Upson. The card train didn't arrive until the second half when Arne Friedrich was booked in the 47th minute. Glen Johnson received the 200th yellow card of the tournament in the 82nd minute.
Then, the far ends of Latin America came together when Argentina beat Mexico. The first goal for Argentina was scored by Carlos Tevez in the 26th minute. The Mexican players thought Tevez to be offside, but the ref (by the way, he was the same guy that red-carded Harry Kewell in the Australia versus Ghana match) allowed the goal anyway. Rafael Marquez got the only booking of the match. The 34th minute saw Gonzalo Higuain score Argentina's second goal. Tevez scored a less controversial goal in the 52nd minute of the game (yes, the 52nd minute of the 52nd match which also features the nation whose international dialling code is +52, and yes that was the full deck for Argentina's scoring in that match). Javier Hernandez scored for Mexico in the 71st minute but it wasn't enough because Argentina beat Mexico 3-1.
After Mexico's embarrassing defeat, Arjen Robben scored the first goal for the Netherlands in their match against Slovakia, but within less than 15 minutes, copped himself the first booking in the match. Not much else happened until Kamil Kopunek was booked in the 72nd minute. Wesley Sneijder was next to score in the 85th minute and Martin Skrtel was cautioned soon after for arguing with the ref. Robert Vittek scored for Slovakia in injury time just after the Dutch goalie, Maarten Stekelenburg, was yellow-carded, but it just wasn't enough.
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