Germany 4-1 Kazakhstan: Germans Rolling While Other Top Countries Struggle

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Published: March 27, 2013

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Germany's national soccer team continued its strong start in FIFA World Cup qualifying Tuesday, picking up a second consecutive three-goal win over Kazakhstan. Marco Reus bagged a brace, while Mario Gotze and Ilkay Gundogan also netted in a Dortmund-dominated display in Nurnberg.

Germany is now running away with Group C, with their 16 points double the total of each of the three teams below them—Austria, Sweden and Republic of Ireland. The lone two points dropped came in the horrendous 4-4 draw with Sweden back in October.

Were it not for Holland skipping merrily through Group D (six wins from six matches) Germany would be the top team in this qualification round. Aside from that slip-up five long months ago, they've handled their business quite well to this point.

And yet, as we look around the rest of the qualification scene, some of the continent's other powerhouse squads have been less than impressive lately.

Group F was supposed to see Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal flying high atop the standings, yet through six matches they find themselves in third with 11 points. Russia not only have 12 points, but two games in hand as well, while Israel hold the second spot on goal difference.



Indeed, the Ronaldo-led squad required a last-gasp, somewhat lucky goal from Fabio Coentrao to even salvage a 3-3 draw against Israel on Friday. Their opener in Tuesday's 2-0 away win against Azerbaijan without their suspended captain came only after their opponents went down to 10 men nearly an hour into the match.

England followed up their straightforward romp over San Marino by not being able to put away a pesky Montenegro side yet again. In almost a perfect re-run of the Euro 2012 qualifier a couple years back, the Three Lions let an early lead slip, slumping to a 1-1 draw in Podgorica.

The hosts shook off Wayne Rooney's sixth-minute opener to pick up the draw in the last 15 minutes, and...
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