The pass was played into the middle just outside the area and Mesut Özil stopped the ball, looked shortly towards the goal and hammered the ball into the upper left corner of...
The pass was played into the middle just outside the area and Mesut Özil stopped the ball, looked shortly towards the goal and hammered the ball into the upper left corner of...
The pass was played into the middle just outside the area and Mesut Özil stopped the ball, looked shortly towards the goal and hammered the ball into the upper left corner of Ghana’s goal. And the Werder midfielder’s dream goal secured the German national team a spot in the Round of 16 of the 2010 World Cup. Still, the 21-year-old was critical of himself after the 1-0 victory over Ghana. "I should have scored the 1-0 in the first half. But I knew that I would score my goal."
All told, the German team and Mesut Özil were relieved to have secured the important victory. "The team really supported me superbly and gave me courage. We knew that it would be a difficult game. For us, the only thing that mattered was to win. Now we are just happy," Özil said. The playmaker said the German team never doubted they would win the game. "We always believed in ourselves and fought for 90 minutes. Now we are in the Round of 16, and England are waiting for us which will be a really hard task. But if we play how we can then we can beat this opponent," said Özil.
The English will undoubtedly have to watch out for Özil, who also received praise from his team-mate Arne Friedrich for a strong group stage. "Mesut is unbelievably important for us despite being so young. He is a gifted technical player, and if he continues his development he has the goods to become a very great footballer," said Friedrich.
