Germany 2 Algeria 1
World Cup 2014
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André Schürrle of Germany celebrates after scoring a goal during the first period of extra time against Algeria. Photograph: Marcelo Machado de Melo/Fotoarena/Corbis Good evening everybody. Welcome to our minute-by-minute coverage of this evening's second round eliminator between Germany and Algeria. Kick-off in Porto Alegre is at 9pm/BST, but I'll be here with team news and build-up long before that.
Joachim Loew attends to his media duties yesterday. Photograph: Imago/Barcroft Media
Algerian head coach Vahid Halilhodzic in upbeat mood at yesterday's press briefing. Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA
Lukas Podolski will miss tonight's match through injury. Photograph: Alex Livesey - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images Early team news
For Germany, Mats Hummels is a late withdrawal suffering from flu. According to Football Weekly regular Raphael Honigstein, Jerome Boateng is likely to take his place at centre-back, while Shkodran Mustafi will line up in Boateng's usual position of right-back.
Lukas Podolski will also sit out tonight's match with a thigh injury. The 29-year-old picked up the what has been revealed to be a small tear in his side's 1-0 win over the USA on Thursday. Mario Goetze is likely to take his place on the left wing.
"Lukas must rest for two or three days, but should we progress in the tournament it won't be a problem for him to play," said Joachim Löw.
Madjid Bougherrais the only injury doubt for Algeria, but is expected to return to their starting line-up having sat out the African nation's final group game against Russia. Neither team has any players consigned to the naughty step.
Meet tonight's referee
Sandro Ricci His name is Sandro Ricci, he's 39 from Brazil and you'd have to grudgingly concede that he's a good looking fellow.
The Fifa guide to Algeria
Everything you need to know about Algeria and Les Fennecs (the Desert Foxes) but were too frightened, indifferent or downright busy to ask.
The Fifa guide to Germany
The three-times World Cup winners profiled, including interviews with Philipp Lahm and Jerome Boateng, looking more like a Hoxton hipster than a non-nonsense full-back.
Some stats from our friends at Opta
Miroslav Klose needs one more goal to become the highest goalscorer in World Cup history. He currently shares the record with Ronaldo. Photograph: Armando Babani/EPA- Germany have lost both their previous meetings with Algeria in all competitions
- Their most notable meeting came in Spain 1982, when Algeria beat West Germany 2-1, before being stitched up and eliminated by the famous "Shame of Gijon", when Germany and Austria conspired to record a mutually beneficial result that eliminated Algeria from the tournament.
- Germany have reached the semi-finals of the past three World Cups. No country has ever made the last four in four successive tournaments.
- Jogi Löw's side attempted 1999 passes (including crosses and corners) in the group stage, more than any other side.
- Algeria's six goals at Brazil 2014 have been scored by five different players. Only Colombia (six) had more scorers during the group stages.
- Miroslav Klose needs one more goal to be the highest scorer in World Cup history. He is currently joint top with Brazil's Ronaldo.
If you've an hour to kill before kick-off ...
Here, apropos nothing, is Dolly Parton's entire set from Glastonbury yesterday.
Germany v Algeria - line-ups
Germany: 1-Manuel Neuer; 20-Jerome Boateng, 17-Per Mertesacker, 4-Benedikt Hoewedes; 7-Bastian Schweinsteiger, 16-Philipp Lahm, 21-Shkodran Mustafi, 18-Toni Kroos, 8-Mesut Ozil, 19-Mario Goetze; 13-Thomas Mueller
Algeria: 23-Rais Mbolhi; 4-Essaid Belkalem, 5-Rafik Halliche, 3-Fauzi Ghoulam, 20-Aissa Mandi; 8-Mehdi Lacen, 10-Sofiane Feghouli, 19-Saphir Taider, 22-Mehdi Mostefa; 13-Islam Slimani, 15-El Arabi Soudani
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Algeria captain Rafik Halliche's spot in the dressing room. Photograph: Mike Hewitt - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images
Algeria's dressing room. Photograph: Mike Hewitt - FIFA/FIFA via Getty ImagesAn email from Paul Doherty: " I am watching the pre-Germany v Algeria match spiel on German TV," he says. "On the panel is the swiss referee Urs Maier. He is saying he would never have given Robben a penalty for his dive. He also says the best referee performance of the World Cup so far was Howard Webb in the Brazil v Chile game."
Meanwhile in Blighty, I am watching the pre-Germany v Algeria match spiel on British TV. Well, I will be as soon as this episode of You've Been Framed narrated by Harry Hill ends. Oh look, a Siamese cat attacking it's own reflection in a mirror. Tee-hee! And now it's footage of a cat massaging a dog. Actually, that is quite cute.
An Algeria fan. Just in case you weren't sure. Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images
Some Germany fans and their balloons in Porto Alegre. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA An email from David Wall: "Well, ITV have hit on their theme for the evening," he says, in relation to something I missed while on an unofficial Fifa unsanctioned water-break. "Adrian Chiles was bad enough for Colombia-Uruguay so this might get tedious quickly (more so than usual). Don't they realise that Germany weren't even playing in that game in 1982 (though it's too much to expect ITV to pay attention to anything like the political borders in place at the time)."
The teams are getting ready: The camera recently cut to the tunnel, where the players were congregating. Thomas Müller looked in relaxed mood, greeting the camera, or somebody standing behind it, with a salute that was ... um, comically straight of arm, all things considered.
Not long now: Both teams are lined up in single file behind referee Sandro Ricci and his team of match officials. It is, by all accounts, a chilly evening in Porto Alegre and both sets of players are wearing their tracksuit tops for the preliminaries. Algeria's players wear light green shirts, shorts and shorts. Germany's wear (I presume) white shirts with that black and gold blaze across the front, white shorts and white socks.
I'm not sure what this means, but it sounds rude.
1 min: Germany kick off, playing from left to right.
1 min: Rais M'Bolhi gets his first touch in the Algeria goal, pouncing on an over-hit through ball from Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Updated at 9.01pm BST
3 min: Germany are bossing possession here, barely giving Algeria a touch. Philipp Lahm plays a slide-rule pass between Algerian centre-half and left-back for Shkodran Mustafi to chase down the inside right. It's an excellent pass, but the German right-back is penalised for offside. Replays show that the decision was incorrect.
4 min: Mesut Ozil gets on the ball as Germany continue to probe for an opening. Toni Kroos attempts to slide a pass through the Algeria defence for Thomas Müller to chase, but his delivery is too weighty and carries straight though to M'Bolhi.
6 min: Mustafi crosses the ball into the Algeria penalty area from the right flank, prompting Rais M'Bolhi to dart off his line and pounce on the ball. No chances of any kind at either end thus far, but Germany are controlling the game. Mehdi Mostefa was lucky to avoid going in the book a couple of moments ago for a tug on the shirt of Toni Kroos.
8 min: Islam Slimani sprints into the Germany half to latch on to a long punt out of defence after a Shkodran Mustafi cross had been intercepted. Manuel Neuer races out of his area to avert the danger and his decision looks ill-advised, as Slimani beats him to the ball in the inside-left channel. Neuer spares his own blushes with a saving tackle.
Islam Slimani reaches the ball before Manuel Neuer... Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/AFP/Getty
...but Neuer gets back to tackle the Algerian forward. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/AFP/GettyUpdated at 9.16pm BST
10 min: Another scare for Germany, whose high line is perforated when Slimani races on to another through ball, having given Jerome Boateng the slip. Per Mertersacker gets back to tackle and prevent the Algerian from firing a shot off from the edge of the penalty area.
Updated at 9.12pm BST
12 min: A leaden touch from Jerome Boateng on the edge of his own penalty area puts Per Mertesacker under pressure from Slimani, but the German centre-half clears.
13 min: Mehdi Mostefa gets another talking-to from the referee for a fould on Mesut Ozil in the centre-circle.
14 min: Having done well to get in behind the German defence, Sofiane Feghouli shoots from an impossible angle, when El Arabi Soudani was unmarked and available to poke home from six yards had his team-mate chosen the pass instead. Moments previously, Bastian Schweinsteiger had stung the palms of M'Bolhi in the Algeria goal with a rising drive from distance.
16 min: Islamn Slimani gets in front of Jerome Boateng to get his head to a wonderful cross from Fauzi Ghoulam and head home from eight yards. It's a good finish, but he's flagged for offside. Replays show the decision to disallow the goal was correct, but he wasn't offside by much. Germany are looking increasingly vulnerable here.
Slimani heads the ball and scores... Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters
...but the goal is disallowed for offside. Germany are under pressure here. Photograph: Darren Staples/ReutersUpdated at 9.39pm BST
18 min: Wow! Making a run from midfield, Fauzi Ghoulam turns on the afterburners and leaves Mesut Ozil in his dust as he gallops up the inside-left and latches on to a pass from Soudani. He shoots wildly across the face of goal and his effort swerves wide of the right upright. After a nervy start, Algeria are proving more than as match from a Germany side who don't seem to be playing particularly well.
Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer makes a save from Faouzi Ghoulam as Algeria press. Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/GettyUpdated at 9.25pm BST
20 min: Schweinsteiger gives the ball away in midfield, gifting possession to Algeria on the halfway line, over by the right touchline. They switch the play to the left touchline, where Soudani miscontrols and concedes the throw-in.
23 min: Gotze gives the ball away, but Feghouli fails to take advantage. Mesut Ozil wins possession back for Germany and swings a cross into the penalty area from the left wing. It's a little too high for Muller, who can only head the ball up in the air.
24 min: A first-time cross from Ozil, which Muller heads goalwards. M'Bolhi tips the ball over the bar to concede the corner.
Algerian keeper M'Bohli tips the ball over the bar. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/AFP/GettyUpdated at 9.42pm BST
25 min: Toni Kroos takes the corner from the left side of the pitch, sending an inswinger into the penalty area. Feghouli clears.
25 min: Ghoulam robs Muller of possession deep inside the Algeria half and his team go forward again. Another attempt to play Slimani in behind the German back four is foiled, when the latest through ball is blocked.
26 min: Another mix-up in the German defence as Algeria play the ball in behind the back four again. Mertesacker lumbers back under pressure from Soudani and Slimani and Manuel Neuer is forced out of his penalty area to rescue the ponderous defender.
29 min: Mesut Ozil pulls one back from the touchline on the right hand side, which Gotze dummies. Lahm shoots, but his effort is blocked and Algeria set off on the counter-attack again. They have a four-on-three, which is foiled by foul means. Free-kick for Algeria, right of centre about three or four yards outside the German penalty area. Sofiane Feghouli shoots over the defensive wall and cross-bar.
33 min: Algeria play the ball in behind Germany's defence again, but El Arabi Soudani is flagged for offside.
34 min: Thomas Muller gets in front of Essaid Belkalem to flash a Shkodran Mustafi cross from the right wide of the left upright. He had no business getting to that ball ahead of the full-back, who will be mightily relieved.
Updated at 9.37pm BST
36 min: Manuel Neuer rushes out of his area again to clear a speculative Aissa Mandi ball over the top of the German defence.
38 min: Soudani plays the ball down the inside left channel for Slimani to chase. The ball's put out for a throw-in.
39 min: Oof! A shot from Mostefa about 30 yards takes a wicked deflection off Jerome Boateng and, with Neuer going the wrong way, fizzes a couple of feet wide of the upright. Germany clear the ensuing corner.
40 min: On the counter-attack from that corner, Germany go forward and force Rais M'Bolhi into a splendid double save. He dives at full stretch to his right to parry a long range effort from Toni Kroos, then gets up in time to smother the follow-up from Mario Gotze.
Goalkeeper Rais M'Bolhi of Algeria makes a double save from Toni Kroos and then Mario Goetze. Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPAUpdated at 10.08pm BST
42 min: Toni Kroos plays a short pass to Philipp Lahm on the edge of the penalty area and is then teed up for a shot. He has a pop from distance, but slashes his effort high and wide.
44 min: Germany are enjoying a period of sustained pressure, but stout Algeria defending means that openings are proving difficult to find and they're being limited to pot-shots from distance.
44 min: Algeria win a free-kick just inside the German half and pump the ball forward. Germany clear.
Half-time: The teams go in for the break after a scoreless first half in which Algeria dominated for spells and had the better chances. Germany look strangely out of sorts and particularly vulnerable to counter-attacks, with Algeria repeatedly putting them on the back foot with long balls through or over their defence. It's not time for panic stations just yet, but if I'd bet the farm on Germany thinking I was "buying money" in the mismatch of the round, I'd be sweating bullets at the moment. Both teams have had their chances but Algeria are undeniably the more obdurate of the two defences on show at the moment.
Germany's coach Joachim Loew has work to do during half-time. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/AFP/GettyUpdated at 10.15pm BST
Interesting stat: Manuel Neuer has had 11 touches of the ball outside his own penalty area this evening.
Big news from the ITV studio: Lee Dixon has changed his shirt and Glenn Hoddle just began a sentence with the words: "The problem with Al Jazeera ..." He quickly corrected himself and ... yes, he did mean to say "Algeria".
Second half: Algeria get the second half under way. Germany have made a change at the interval, with André Schürrle coming on for Mario Goetze. He takes up a position on the right flank.
Updated at 10.03pm BST
46 min: Manuel Neuer get his 12th and 13th touches of the match outside his own penalty area, picking up a back pass from Per Mustafi and spreading the ball out to the left.
49 min: Germany attack down the right with a series of short sharp passes and the ball's played into the path of Andre Schurrle. His shot from six or so yards is blocked and loops up in the air before dropping wide of the left upright. Toni Kroos stands the enuing corner up beautifully for Shkodran Mustafi, who plants a meaty header straight at Rais M'bolhi in the Algeria goal. He should have scored.
Updated at 10.06pm BST
50 min: Manuel Neuer picks out Andre Schurrle with a wonderful pass and the substitute looks to be clean through on goal, only to be foiled by a wonderful tackle from Ghoulam, who puts the ball out for a corner. Algeria counter at lightning speed and Soudani and Feghouli both go close, only to be denied by last-ditch tackles by Philipp Lahm and Per Mertesacker respectively. Soudani's shot-cum-cross was the pick of the pair, but Lahm performed heroics to smother his effort.
Algeria's Faouzi Ghoulam tackles Andre Schuerrle when he looked through on goal. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/ReutersUpdated at 10.18pm BST
53 min: Germany advance in to Algeria territory and Schweinsteiger rolls the ball back to Lahm, who strikes powerfully from distance. M'Bolhi tips it over for a corner. Good goalkeeping - I thought that was in.
Updated at 10.13pm BST
54 min: Algeria half-clear the corner, then get the opportunity to clear their lines when Mesut Ozil is penalised for offside. He wags a Finger of Admonishment at the referee's assistant.
56 min: A loose pass from Schweinsteiger on the edge of the final third enables Algeria to hack the ball down the field. Germany attempt to build from the back again.
57 min: Lahm plays the ball to Muller on the edge of the Algeria penalty and he goes down under an agricultural challenge from Belkalem. The referee, who was standing nearby, sees nothing wrong with the tackle and play continues.
58 min: Andre Schurrle squares the ball through the Algeria penalty area, drilling it low and hard with his right foot. His inviting pass goes between Muller and Kroos, with neither player able to get to it.
59 min: Schurrle squares the ball again, but it's cleared. A moment later he attempts to sqaure it for a third time and wins a corner. From that, Kroos wins another. Algeria are under pressure here. Schurrle is making hay on that right wing. Not literally, I hasten to add. The grass isn't that long.
61 min: Germany win a throw-in just inside their own half. The camera cuts to Germany manager Jogi Low, who looks a lot more pleased with what he's seeing than he did during the first half, when he was often a study in irritation and exasperation.
64 min: Schurrle concedes a free-kick on the halfway line, tripping Mehdi Lacen. Algeria proceed to win a throw-in, from which Ghoulam almost picks out Slimani in a dangerous position. Germany clear.
65 min: Rather unfairly, in my opinion, Halliche is penalised for a foul on Bastian Schweinsteiger about 50 yards from the Algeria goal. Toni Kroos plays the ball towards the corner, where Mandi prevents Schurrle from getting to the ball. The camera cuts to Algeria manager Vahid Halilhodzic, who is sitting on his bench looking most inscrutable.
67 min: Germany's Shkodran Mustafi goes down hurt after stretching to clear a high ball. Judging by the manner in which the physio is massaging him, it looks like he's pulled a muscle in his thigh or backside. He gets stretchered off and is replaced by Sami Khedira.
Shkodran Mustafi is stretchered off the field. Photograph: Jamie Squire/GettyUpdated at 10.33pm BST
69 min: Khedira takes over just in front of the back four, while Philipp Lahm moves to right-back.
70 min: Another long ball out of defence from Algeria prompts another chase from Slimani and another potentially suicidal dash out of his penalty area from Manuel Neuer. The German goalkeeper is nothing if not decisive and beats the Algeria forward to the bouncing ball by a split second, heading it out for a throw-in before the inevitable collision between the two players.
72 min: Germany win a free-kick wide on the right, deep inside Algeria territory. Toni Kroos sends the ball into the penalty area, where Rafik Halliche heads clear.
73 min: Andre Schurrle's looked impressive since coming on and tries his luck with a long range effort. It's pretty feeble and doesn't trouble M'Bolhi unduly. The goalkeeper gets down to gather at his near post.
74 min: Algeria go close, twice in quick succession. Sofiane Feghouli from left to right, putting the ball wide. Moments later, Slimani forces Manuel Neuer to make a save.
75 min: Algeria blow another great opportunity to go ahead. Finding himself in behind the German right-back with Islam Slimani to his right in the penalty area, screaming for the ball, El Arab Soudani misplaces his pass, making it easy for Jerome Boateng to intercept and clear.
77 min: Algeria substitution: Saphir Taider off, Yacine Brahimi on.
78 min: Muller goes on a marauding run down the inside right, riding a couple of tackles along the away. He whips the ball viciously across the face of the Algeria goal, but Schweinsteiger fails to get his head to it at the near post.
79 min: Another fine save from M'Bolhi, who parries a bullet-header from Muller clear after the German striker had made perfect contact with a Khedira cross from the right.
81 min: Muller misses again. PIcking up a pass in the Algeria penalty area, he brings the ball around Feghouli with a sublime touch, but gets it caught under his feet and then tries to steer it inside the base of the right upright with the outside of his right foot. Wide, but not by much. He should have scored.
Thomas Mueller of Germany reacts after a missed chance. Photograph: Martin Rose/Getty ImagesUpdated at 10.45pm BST
83 min: Mesut Ozil attempts to pick out Thomas Muller in the Algeria penalty area with a cross from the inside left. Mandi intercepts.
84 min: There's a pause while Halliche receives treatment for cramp. He looks in a bad way. Germany have a corner.
85 min: Kroos swings the ball into the mixer, where Belkalem heads clear. Jerome Boateng volleys the breaking ball goalwards, but it's blocked heroically by Belkalem, throwing himself in front of the incoming screamer. Rather harshly, the referee gives Germany a free-kick for handball. There's no way that was intentional.
87 min: A free-kick from the training ground that looks to go horribly wrong. Thomas Muller was supposed to run over the ball and dart in behind the Algeria wall to, presumably, volley home a ball chipped over said wall. Sadly, he trips up and falls over en route, then bursts out laughing.
89 min: Chances at both end. First, Slimani attempts to latch on to yet another long ball in over the Germany defence, only to be foiled once again by Neuer rushing out of his penalty area. Moments later, Bastian Schweinsteiger leaps to head a clipped Lahm cross from the right across the goalkeeper and inside the right post, only to see his effort saved. Had there been more power on the cross, he'd almost certainly have scored.
Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger has his head in his hands after another missed chance. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APUpdated at 10.55pm BST
90+1 min: We're into the recommended four minutes of added time.
90+2 min: Germany surge forward, with Khedira picking out Lahm on the right touchline. He passes to Muller, who loses the ball to Slimani.
90+3 min: Schurrle sweeps in a cross from the right, attempting to pick out Philipp Lahm at the near post. He's beaten to the ball by a defender, who puts it out for a corner. The ball's sent into the penalty area, where M'Bolhi claims confidently.
Full-time: Germany 0-0 Algeria. Extra time ahoy!
The referee signals the end of normal time. It's scoreless and we'll have another 30 minutes followed by penalties if it's still all square after that.
In defence of Glenn Hoddle: "I believe you may be doing Mr Hoddle a disservice," writes Dr Carey. "Algeria in Arabic is al-jazâ'ir, which is both very similar to al-jazîra and, etymologically speaking, is in fact simply a variation of the word, which means 'island'. When you move in international circles like Mr. Hoddle and are constantly shifting from one language to another, it can sometimes be hard to keep track of such trifling distinctions." That's me told.
ET1: Germany get the ball rolling.
GOAL! Germany 1-0 Algeria (Schurrle 92)
ET2: Germany go ahead courtesy of Andre Schurrle, who cleverly flicks the ball past M'Bolhi with his heel from six yards after getting on the end of a cross into the penalty area from Thomas Muller.
Andre Schuerrle of Germany scores his team's first goal past Algeria's 'keeper Rais M'Bolhi in extra time. Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesUpdated at 11.06pm BST
ET4: That was excellent play from Germany, who took advantage of a loose pass from Aissa Mandi to launch a counter-attack down the left flank. Schurrle made an excellent run to dart in behind centre-back and full-back and flick the ball into the bottom right-hand corner under pressure from Fauzi Ghoulam.
ET5: Mesut Ozil is sent galloping down the left flank by a fine pass from Kroos. He looks to be through on goal, but has the ball taken off his toe by a block from Halliche, who is so stricken with cramp he can't even kick it away. There's a pause while he receives treatment again.
Updated at 11.05pm BST
ET7: The jig is up for Halliche, whose excess of lactic acid has got the better of him. He goes off, to be replaced by Madjid Bougherra.
ET8: Muller shoots from distance, left to right diagonally. The ball bounces just inside the six yard box before fizzing wide of the upright. Algeria substitution: Islam Slimani off, Abdelmoume Djabou on.
ET10: Djabou gets his first touch, being put into space down by the corner flag by his fellow substitute Brahimi, then winning a corner when his cross his blocked.
ET11: The ball breaks kindly in the crowded penalty area for Mehdi Mostefa, who shoots diagonally from approximately 10 yards. His effort screams wide of the left upright, but not by much. THe Algeria midfielder holds his head in his hands, knowing he should have done better.
ET13: Bastian Schweinsteiger shows his human side, retreating to the touchline with cramp.
Bastian Schweinsteiger of Germany receives treatment for cramp. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty ImagesUpdated at 11.17pm BST
ET14: Khedira darts in behind the Algeria defence and pulls the ball back into the penalty area. There's nobody on hand to drive it home. Algeria clear.
Updated at 11.11pm BST
ET15: We're into added time in the first period of extra time. Boateng plays a long cross-field ball for Schurrle to chase, but there's too much welly on the pass and it goes wide.
It's half-time in extra time: The players rush to the touchline for drinks and final instructions. "Algeria are still in this game," says ITV pundit Glenn Hoddle. "The German [defence is] so high and so square that if they can just pick the right pass ..."
ET16: Algeria kick-off the second period of extra time and need a goal. Or two goals, considering Germany's record in penalty shoot-outs.
ET17: Brahimi gives Lahm the slip on the edge of the final third and looks set fair to make his way into the penalty area until he's dragged to the ground with the German dragging out of his shorts. Free-kick for Algeria about 35 yards from goal and a yellow card for Lahm - he took one for the team there.
ET18: Brahimi sends the ball into the Germany penalty area, where it bounces into the arms of Manuel Neuer.
ET18: Schweinsteiger succumbs to cramp and hobbles off. He is replaced by No23, Christoph Kramer.
ET20: Germany win a throw-in halfway inside the Algeria half. The ball's worked across the pitch to Schurrle on the right touchline, where he concedes a throw-in.
ET21: They're dropping like flies now. Flies that resemble men in full football kit. Aissa Mandi runs to pick up a loose ball and falls over, clutching his calf. He calls for somebody to give him a stretch and rid him of his cramp.
ET23: Algeria get a high ball into the Germany penalty area. Philipp Lahm heads clear.
ET24: Ozil tries to pick out Thomas Muller with a cute pass into space on the left side of the Algeria penalty area. Essaid Belkalem is live to the danger and saves his side's bacon.
Updated at 11.24pm BST
ET25: Essaid Belkalem goes down injured after rushing out to stop a diagonal Andre Schurrle run into the Algeria penalty area from the right flank.
ET27: With ALgeria goalkeeper Rais M'Bolhi out of the equation, Thomas Muller pulls the ball across the edge of the German penalty area. There's nobody on hand to poke it into the empty net from six yards and Algeria clear.
ET28: Slimani, who I suspect I may have wrongly subbed off earlier, is put through on goal with another pass in behind the German defence. The poor sod is dead on his feet and can't outrun Kerome Boateng, who gets back to relieve him of possession.
GOAL! Germany 2-0 Algeria (Ozil 119)
ET29: Mesut Ozil smashes the ball into the roof of the net from about four yards out to finally put the game beyond Algeria, who could scarcely have put up a better fight.
Mehdi Mostefa of Algeria can't stand the pain. Photograph: Caetano Barreira/Fotoarena/CorbisUpdated at 11.34pm BST
GOAL! Germany 2-1 Algeria (Djabou 120)
ET30: Djabou grabs a lifeline for Algeria. We're in added time of extra time, but there's stiull time for Algeria to go out on penalties!
Updated at 11.33pm BST
Result: Germany 2-1 Algeria
ET30+2: Germany go through, but not before Slimani has a chance to level the scores for Algeria. It wasn't gilt-edged, but it was a chance nonetheless - Manuel Neuer was forced to save from a header that was weak but on target.
Updated at 11.33pm BST
So, those late, late goals: Germany's second was the equivalent of somebody stealing the pennies from a dead man's eyes. With the few remaining Algeria players who were still able to run pouring forward in search of an equaliser, Germany broke on the counter-attack. Ozil galloped down the left wing and squared the ball for Schurrle. He took the goalkeeper out of the game with a nifty shimmy and then had a shot blocked on the line. The ball broke to Ozil, who buried it from a tight angle.
Algeria's goal: After Mesut Ozil had appeared to put the game out of Algeria's rach, the African side managed to pull one back. Abdelmoume Djabou materialised at the far post to prod the ball home. I'll need to see it gaain to provide a less vague description - bear with me!
Germany have set up a quarter-final against France at the Maracana in Rio on Friday night. That should be a belter. Tonight's game was excellent and Algeria deserve every credit for pushing Germany to the limit.
Updated at 11.41pm BST
Algeria's goal: I've just seen it again: Djabou's finish was excellent, volleying home from the left side of the six-yard box after getting to a wonderful Feghouli cross from the right.
OK, that's all from me: James Richardson is waiting for me up in near-earth orbit, where we are about to record tonight's thrilling installment of our World Cup Daily podcast. Make sure to download from the website, SoundCloud or iTunes when it goes up in a few hours. Thanks for your company on another thrilling evening of football.
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