By Pete Jenson Follow @@petejenson Chelsea's Andre Schurrle is now just one step from the World Cup final and says he is being supported every inch of the way by another Stamford Bridge German who didn’t quite make it to the biggest game in football. Michael Ballack was Germany captain in 2002 and he scored the winning goal in the semi-final against South Korea. But he also picked up a booking ruling him out of the final. Schurrle was a 12-year-old fan at the time. He went on to play for Bayer Leverkusen – alongside Ballack in 2011 – and then for Chelsea just like his hero, now he can outdo his idol by playing in the final next Sunday at the Maracana.
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Ballack missed the 2002 final for Germany through suspension
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Schurrle played with his idol at Bayer Leverkusen in 2011
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Schurrle scored in Germany's last-16 win over Algeria and came off the bench in their 1-0 quarter-final win over France
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Germany face Brazil in the first semi-final on Tuesday
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Holland and Argentina meet in the other semi-final
The expectations are with @placeholder but the belief is increasingly with Germany, according to Schurrle.