although many then expected germany to reach the final, they lost in the semi-finals to italy after italy scored two goals in extra time. however, the german team went on to thrash portugal 3–1 in the third place match. after the world cup, miroslav klose won the golden boot and lukas podolski won the best young player award.also, four of germany's players were put in the all-star squad. when the german team arrived back in berlin, they were greeted by 500,000 fans who were all honoring the german team.