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A roller coaster of emotion

Dortmund: Easily one of the tournament's most moving images was the brave but sad German captain Michael Ballack applauding his team and fans after Germany departed on July 4.

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Ballack and his young, inexperienced but dynamic team, ably guided by coach Juergen Klinsmann, went much further in this tournament then they were expected to.

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Clearly Ballack felt they could have pulled off a miracle.

Photograph: Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images

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