German newspapers predicted a World Cup triumph and poured scorn on coach Diego Maradona as "an over-the-hill gunfighter" after Argentina were ruthlessly dispatched 4-0 in the World Cup quarter-finals.
Saturday's win over Maradona's Argentina in Cape Town came less than a week after Joachim Loew's Germany team had equally clinically ended England's hopes 4-1 in the second round.
The latest resounding victory sent the normally hypercritical German media -- and its public -- into raptures on Sunday.
"Thanks, you heroes!" wrote Bild am Sonntag newspaper. "Unbelievable! Germany beats Argentina 4-0. Four to Zero!"
Bild am Sonntag's normally difficult-to-please columnist Guenter Netzer, the former international, could hardly contain himself.
"It was more than a victory, it was a demonstration of 'Uebermacht' (superiority)," wrote Netzer, now a popular TV pundit. "It was one of the best performances from a Germany team that I've ever seen."
Netzer admitted he was wrong with his earlier public doubts about Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski. "I never would have thought they would have played such a strong World Cup."
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