Watch: Germany thrash Argentina 4-0 in South Africa to bring Maradona's era to an end
Diego Maradona’s turbulent time in charge of Argentina came to an abrupt halt after his side were taken apart by Germany in the last-eight stage in South Africa.
The Albiceleste fell behind in only the third minute, when Thomas Mueller headed home a Bastian Schweinsteiger free-kick.
Argentina pressed hard for an equaliser, but they couldn’t find a way past Manuel Neuer and were brutally exposed on the counter-attack in the second half. Lukas Podolski set up Miroslav Klose for the second goal on 68 minutes, Arne Friedrich made it 3-0 and Klose completed the rout with a volley from a Mesut Ozil cross.
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