Klose sets a new record

Miroslav Klose netted against Brazil in the semifinals on
Tuesday to become the all-time leading World Cup
goalscorer with 16.
Klose, 36, had already pulled level with Brazilian legend
Ronaldo when he scored in the 71st minute of
Germany's clash with Ghana and went one better in the
semis in Belo Horizonte.
The striker -- who became the first player to ever
appear in four World Cup semifinals -- put Joachim
Low's side into a 2-0 lead with a 23rd-minute strike.
Klose's 15th goal came in his 20th World Cup
appearance against Ghana and, after failing to score
against the USA or make an appearance against Algeria
in the round of 16, his 16th goal came in his 23rd, and he
has scored at four consecutive tournaments -- only the
third player to achieve that feat after Brazil legend Pele
and West Germany's Uwe Seeler.
"One strike is not enough for me. I need to add more,"
Klose said before breaking the record. "I've got brutal
mind, always prepare for everything. I don't take any
offence [when not starting], I know that I can always
help the team, in whatever way. I am ready, you already
saw that against Ghana."
In 2002, Klose scored five goals, all of them headers as
an ageing Germany side progressed to the final. He
added another five on home soil in 2006, where he also
won the Golden Boot, before netting four more in South
Africa in 2010.