On one side of the ditch, a packed-in, pleading faithful fell hard to their knees and called the Holy Ghost into their jerking bodies in unknown tongues.
Germany began to seize complete control and the home side need a superb last-ditch lunge by Lewin Nyatanga to stop Kuranyi from doubling the lead on 23 minutes.
It was some last-ditch defending by a resolute Rovers as they clung on against a home side who were left shaking their heads in disbelief and frustration after the game.
Minutes later it took desperate last-ditch defending to prevent Kenny-Dowall from adding a second on the right-hand side, as he was stopped from grounding the ball.