they rightly didnt didnt expected germany to reach the finals. whatever germany has acheived is very good. german showed no signs before the world cup they were exceptional team. they lost badly drew few games. they played against italy and lost 4-1. everybody was calling for klinsmaan head then. but thankfull y next match against australia they won. i think germany did exceptionally well with what they acheived and they could have won the world cup on the basis of their perofrmance. there was huge imporvement in german perfomance in this world cup. even an ardent german supporter from germany didnt believe that they could reach this far considering the fact how they were playing before world cup.