Klose has to wait
Germany’s Miroslav Klose has to wait 90 more minutes and hope for Henry not to score 3 times or even twice to take his Golden Shoe.
Before the game Klose had announced his intention of getting on the scoresheet to help Germany pick up at least one title at ‘their’ FIFA World Cup. The mobile striker, whose last goal came against Argentina in the quarter-finals, was restricted to one clear-cut chance, only to be denied by a smart save from Ricardo in the Portugal goal.
Nevertheless Klose can look back with great satisfaction on another impressive FIFA World Cup campaign. Having struck five times at Korea/Japan 2002, he doubled his overall finals tally with doubles against Costa Rica and Ecuador and that goal against Argentina. He is now just one strike behind Jurgen Klinsmann in the German FIFA World Cup scoring charts and four away from the legendary Gerd Muller, who recently lost his own finals record to Brazil’s Ronaldo.