Slippery conditions caused by rain and the knowledge that the game was won tooktheedgeoff Australia's play in the closing stages, as their thoughts turned to next weekend's game with England in Melbourne and they sought to avoid injury against their hard-tackling opponents.
Sergio Busquets forced Real goalkeeper Diego Lopez into his first save of the match with a shot from theedge of the area that took a deflection off Germany international Sami Khedira.