Serbia blew Group D of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa wide open, defeating Germany 1-0 after striker Miroslav Klose was controversially sent off. Serbias goal came from a Milos Krasic run down the right flank in the 38th minute, from which he whipped in a dangerous ball to the far post where Nikola Zigic rose to head it into the path of Milan Jovanovic, who side-footed the ball home. The goal immediately followed the sending off of German striker Miroslav Klose after he was shown a second yellow for fouling Serbian captain Dejan Stankovic. The red card clearly rattled a German team that had been slowly building momentum until that point. Lukas Podolski came close to snatching a goal for Germany in the 57th minute after he was put through on goal, but he was unable to get a shot off on target. Germanys great chance to draw even came two minutes later after they were gifted a penalty by a clumsy handball in the box by Serbian defender Nemanja Vidic, who was shown a yellow card. Podolski stepped up to take the resultant shot on goal, but the effort, low and to the right, was saved by a diving Vladimir Stojkovic.
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