SOUTH AFRICA - Serbia brought Germany back to reality on Friday with a 1-0 victory over the former world champions to keep their hopes alive in Group D of the World Cup. Coming off a 4-0 win over Australia, Germany went a man down in the 37th minute on Miroslav Klose's second yellow card. Milan Jovanovic took advantage of the situation in the 38th minute and gave Serbia the lead with the only goal of the game. Serbian keeper Vladimir Stojkovic stopped a penalty attempt by Lukas Podolski in the 60th minute. The Serbs struck the woodwork twice in the final 23 minutes at Port Elizabeth stadium. Serbia remained in the hunt for the Round of 16 with three points in Group D while Germany also have three points. Ghana (3 points) were taking on Australia (0) later Friday. Miroslav Klose was ejected after getting a second yellow card for a rough tackle in the 37th minute and Serbia forward Milan Jovanovic scored a minute later with a side-foot shot from directly in front of goalkeeper Manual Neuer. Klose received his first yellow card in the 12th minute. Spanish referee Alberto Undiano then carded Serbia's Branislav Ivanovic, Aleksandar Kolarov before doing the same to Germany's Sami Khedira and Philipp Lahm. Sami Khedira almost equalized for Germany when he hit the bar with a fierce shot in injury time.
