A third minute goal from Thomas Mueller and two second half strikes from Miroslav Klose, making his 100th appearance for his country, and one from Arne Friedrich gave Germany a semi-final date with either Spain or Paraguay. [break]
Diego Maradona´s Argentina, like Brazil who were dumped out by Netherlands on Friday, had been strongly fancied to reach the July 11 final.
Germany´s early goal gave them confidence and they dominated the match, sternly resisting the attempts of Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez to break them down.
Spain meet Paraguay at Ellis Park in Johannesburg in the last quarter-final later on Saturday.
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