Hi all. Ozil is my favourite german player but for last night's MOTM, I vote for Hummels.

Yup, great defensive work. Almost all tackles and challenges are clean. None of defenders & central mids were booked, right? Boateng was for time wastage so that doesn't count as poor/sloppy defending.

I'd say they're more of collective error. 1st goal, three defenders should've stopped Cassano. 2nd goal, defence was out of shape, Lahm being in unfamiliar ground in the middle of the park, failed to play offside. Though he tried recover by closing down Balotelli, but Balo was too strong. Overall gameplay, Italy were more disciplined, tight and efficient.