ARGENTINA V GERMANY

Germany to qualify the bet of this tie.

Germany youth to rip Argentina's old defence.

Agreed Bex

The master tactician that is Joachim Loew will win this game.

Both teams attack in numbers and have pedestrian looking centre halves in front of keepers prone to the odd comedy moment. I think it will be a classic that will be decided in favour of the team that bosses the middle of the park best. It could be this years stand-out game and might well finish something like 4-3, I don't mind who wins.

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I see where you are going Kincsem and it may turn out to be a valid point but from what you have posted (thanks btw) the Argentina team isn't exactly past it. Samuel and Heinze 32? not too old for me to start thinking about the match being decided by fitness/energy levels.

I'm already committed towards a high scoring match, who wins I think comes down to the midfield battle. I expect Veron to start, I think he was being rested against Mexico in a match they expected to win . He came on and played 20 mins at the end around the time Mexico had scored ( I think) to see the game out. With an experienced playmaker and with the possibility of Germany not assigning someone to Messi I expect Germany to be doing most of the chasing and hence my expectation for Argentina to win.
I think they will play a kind of 4-4-1-1 formation to ensure they can at least match Germany in midfield.

http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/

has a few recent bits and pieces on the match some may find interesting and has what I think Argentina's likely team and formation will be. Who knows exactly what is going through Maradona's mind though to be fair

Overs both very good attacks, both poor/average defences.

lay of argies in match odds for me

i watched the germany v  argentina match that was played in munich .

and i dont think the germans had a shot at goal the whole game.

argentina passed them off the park and as you say the teams will be very similar.

i kinda think all four 4trs will deliver on goals and see this match as a certainty to do so along with the Brazil game. money down soon.

i've layed Germany on the outright now at 8's

wish me luck

backed Germany at 16 before the opening game and again before England game. Didn't fancy the Argies before the tournament but now sufficiently worried to lay half my green to cover my stakes. Really can't call this one.

I'm starting to think the Germans will win - in fact I've put them in my multis.

I may even add germans with my last two transfers (sky fantasy football)

Paul, the Octupus pick's: Germany beats Argentina but feels it will be a tough game =)

^ more non-facts.

World Cup 2006 semi-final

[1] Jens LEHMANN (GK)
[3] Arne FRIEDRICH
[5] Sebastian KEHL
[11] Miroslav KLOSE (-111')
[13] Michael BALLACK (C)
[16] Philipp LAHM
[17] Per MERTESACKER
[18] Tim BOROWSKI (-73')
[19] Bernd SCHNEIDER (-83')
[20] Lukas PODOLSKI
[21] Christoph METZELDER

Substitute(s)
[7] Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER (+73')
[10] Oliver NEUVILLE (+111')
[22] David ODONKOR (+83')



Euro 2008 final

GERMANY:
 
GK 1 Jens Lehmann
RB 3 Arne Friedrich
CB 17 Per Mertesacker
CB 21 Christoph Metzelder
LB 16 Philipp Lahm  46'
CM 8 Torsten Frings
CM 15 Thomas Hitzlsperger   58'
RW 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger
AM 13 Michael Ballack (c)  43'
LW 20 Lukas Podolski
CF 11 Miroslav Klose  79'

Substitutions:
DF 2 Marcell Jansen   46'
FW 22 Kevin Kurányi  88'  58'
FW 9 Mario Gómez


For the Germany v England game the same story was put out that England had more experience.  Of course that ignored the fact that more than half this Germany team played in the 2006 semi-final and Euro 2008 final, whereas England hadn't been near a final or semi-final for twenty years.

The euro's mean nothing Greece and Denmark have won that in the last 20 years

Ha ha ha.. We are just a top 20 football nation that think we are better than what we really are,the best players dont play in england