always going to be the way once the counter-attacking Spaniards went a goal up just after the half hour. Furthermore, when they did have the ball Germany were lumbering and unimaginative. They were unable to get enough of it to Bastian Schweinsteiger and they always looked hesitant at the back, with Per Mertesacker particularly out of his depth. Indeed, you felt that Spain would be able to score with every attack, while Germany rarely threatened a confident Iker Casillas, who has even ...