Joachim Löw's team may have lacked the star names of their South American rivals, but they were always the more dangerous side here, with the scoreline, even at 4-0, anything but flattering.
And even the scoreline is deceptive: if that suggests a game that was always Madrid's, think again.
With Roberto scoring twice, the Baggio boys annihilated the Germans 6-1, thighesteverever aggregate scoreline in the final.
The Buddies had not tasted success on home turf since defeating Ross County by the same scoreline last May at the tailend of last season.
Page fed Chris Humphrey, whose low cross was forced home at the near post by Sutton, and the striker and Gavin Gunning also both missed late chances to give the scoreline a flattering sheen.
At this point it seemed probable that the Dutch would go on to burnish the scoreline even farther.
"The team played well, we just weren't on the right side of the scoreline" is no longer acceptable and shows a lack of recognition that things are not working.
That, though, is exactly what Inter did, defeating those opponents by a combined scoreline of 5-0.
The third, driven home by Jason Puncheon in the 88th minute, rendered the scoreline as embarrassing as the performance for Solskjaer and his team.
JAG would have enjoyed one especially fitting scoreline that day: Stenhousemuir 4 Stirling 5. Tue 16 Dec: English cricket's managing director Paul Downton: "I will be very surprised if Alastair Cook's not captain for the World Cup.
A fine strike from Greg Tansey just before the interval gave a slick Inverness the lead, and substitute Aaron Doran put the seal on the victory late in the match, to make the scoreline better reflect the possession the visitors' enjoyed throughout.
