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07 Jul 16
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Germans without Hummels (banned), Khedira (injured) and possibly Schweinsteiger, although Low has said that he'll start in place of Khedira. Mario Gomez out for the tournament.
France have the full 23 to pick from, so suspect it's a simple choice of whether he sticks with the team that tonked Iceland or recalls Rami or Kante or both.
France looked great going forward against Iceland, but Iceland were pretty ordinary and it's not like the French attack will get anything like that amount of room and possession against the Germans. Yet to be convinced by France defensively and will be interesting to see how they cope with sustained pressure.
Germany look typically German. Waltzed through the group stages, blitzed Slovakia and ground out qualification against the Italians, despite not playing overly well. Much may depend on who covers for Hummels and how well he does so.
The Germans tend to turn up when needed and I expected them to be marginal favourites in spite of France's home advantage. Initial play is Germany to qualify at odds against.
France have the full 23 to pick from, so suspect it's a simple choice of whether he sticks with the team that tonked Iceland or recalls Rami or Kante or both.
France looked great going forward against Iceland, but Iceland were pretty ordinary and it's not like the French attack will get anything like that amount of room and possession against the Germans. Yet to be convinced by France defensively and will be interesting to see how they cope with sustained pressure.
Germany look typically German. Waltzed through the group stages, blitzed Slovakia and ground out qualification against the Italians, despite not playing overly well. Much may depend on who covers for Hummels and how well he does so.
The Germans tend to turn up when needed and I expected them to be marginal favourites in spite of France's home advantage. Initial play is Germany to qualify at odds against.
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Gomez is a miss, they looked better when he played.
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They did. I suppose there's a few unknowns with the German side, whereas we probably know what we're going to get with France. Matched at 2.04 now, so happy enough with that. Looking forward to the match, so might have a bet on 0-0 to ensure that there's at least a goal.
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Germany to win on penalties at 9/1 looks fairly tasty.
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Germans yet to concede?
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They drew 1-1 with Italy in their last match.
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I guess Germany will revert to back 4 instead of back 3 for this one with Draxler back in, probably Gotze as well, and one of those or Muller will be the false 9
Can't see either team losing a final to Portugal |
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Germany had to make changes for 2014 world cup final bringing in debutant Kramer against Argentina. Their squad is that strong
whoever they bring in it doesn't matter that much. France are there for the taking. Germany should be favs imo and probably will be after 10 minutes in play |
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Agreed, james. Seems inevitable that France will win at a canter now.
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The idea that France can beat even a weakened German team is laughable.
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The prices are crazy. Still struggling to see why Germany are 2/1 to win the competition. They're head and shoulders above everyone
even with their subs. It's a head scratcher |
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I don't get it either. I'm not saying that Germany should be 1.7 or owt, just that they should be favs. Anyway, I guess we'll know in about four hours or so.
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Got to take into account the French being at home tbh
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yes bookie/markets gives the home team at least a half a goal advantage
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Germany were nothing special v Italy imo. France clear favs for me.
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Brazil were at home in the semi final of the world cup 2 years ago, Brazil 1 Germany 7.
I agree with rob as in not saying they should be odds on or anything but 2/1 to win comp seems bizzare. I wouldn't lay evens |
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over 3.5 here....France score loads but are woeful at the back ...Ze Germans are missing at the back also and can see them definitely scoring at least 1 against that dodgy French defence.
The game has GOALS written all over it. |
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Oh don't get me wrong Jamesdean I agree, just saying the home factor is likely why the market has them favs
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Sweinsteiger starts (excuse the spelling)
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French keeping same side vs Iceland not even Kante playing
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No Kante for France. They're playing Giroud, Griezman and Payet. Plus that Umtoti keeps his place. Think That's far too weak a side to play against the Germans
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Umtiti to get taken apart. Cannot believe that starting line up for France, very light weight
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Scweinseiger a weak link these days surely.
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Brilliant (and funny!) tweet from Germany team tonight:
Our record against host nations in semi-finals: 6 wins, 1 defeat. Let's make it 7-1 tonight! |
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The French are going for it tonight , the crowd in Marseilles will get behind them over 2.5 goals here
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Giroud to score
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France to qualify for the final is my punt.
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Swinetiger is injured i thought
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over 10.5 corners
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Emre Can as DMF and Kroos further forward. Like it
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Can to get booked
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Strongly fancy The Hun
have covering bets on both sides extra time and penalties on bet365 France quite exciting going forward but Germany still strong at the back. Quite frankly I would rather shelter from the Germans behind the Maginot line than this French back 4! |
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European championship semi final starting in 20 minutes and the Bbc are talking about Wales
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50/50 match for me. France can beat this Germany team. It's not a classic side
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penalty to be awarded - yes
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Had a quick butchers at the refs form and he seems to like his penos, so I'll have a cheeky back of both teams to score one, backed the Frenchies to win outright at the beginning of tourney @ 4/1, so that is my main interest here. ......
Selection Odds Stake Returns * Receipt France To Score A Penalty - Penalty Specials - Germany v France 9.00 £20.00 £180.00 O/11669843/0000253 Selection Odds Stake Returns * Receipt Germany To Score A Penalty - Penalty Specials - Germany v France 11.00 £20.00 £220.00 O/11669843/0000254 Good luck all with your bets  |
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Can to be booked, can't help but throw himself into a tackle
Schweinsteiger to be booked, how the hell he's playing god knows he's long gone at the game he's bound to get caught out with lack of pace |
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0VERS 4.5 5.5 6.5
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I still think Germany will win, on the following:
07-Jul-16 19:39:58 Germany v France Over 4.5 Goals - Over/Under 4.5 Goals Betfair Bet ID 1:70784386189 | Matched: 07-Jul-16 19:39:58 Back 11.50 10.00 -- Matched 07-Jul-16 19:38:43 Germany v France Over 1.5 Goals - Over/Under 1.5 Goals Betfair Bet ID 1:70784295227 | Matched: 07-Jul-16 19:38:43 Back 1.48 400.00 -- Matched 07-Jul-16 19:37:30 Germany v France Germany/Over 2.5 Goals - Match Odds and Over/Under 2.5 Goals Betfair Bet ID 1:70784222472 | Matched: 07-Jul-16 19:37:30 Back 5.80 0.24 -- Matched 07-Jul-16 19:36:56 Germany v France Germany/Over 2.5 Goals - Match Odds and Over/Under 2.5 Goals Betfair Bet ID 1:70784183417 | Matched: 07-Jul-16 19:36:59 Back 5.90 14.76 -- 72.32 Matched 07-Jul-16 19:29:36 Germany v France M Ozil 3 - 1 - Scorecast Betfair Bet ID 1:70783692988 | Matched: 07-Jul-16 19:29:36 Back 240.00 5.00 -- Matched 07-Jul-16 19:29:20 Germany v France M Ozil Any Unquoted - Scorecast Betfair Bet ID 1:70783671542 | Matched: 07-Jul-16 19:30:18 Back 200.00 5.00 -- Matched |
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don't know why but I fancy Moussa Sissoko to score. don't think Germany will be able to deal with his pace and unpredictability - they'll be keeping eyes on Payet Griezmann and Pogba
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