Date/Time: Jun 27, 2010, Sunday, 15:00GMT
Competition: FIFA World Cup
Live/Repeat: Live
Venue: Free State, Bloemfontein
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Germany vs England Match Preview
Jun 26th 2010
Group D winner Germany will face off against Group C Runner-up England in the first knockout round of the 2010 World Cup. The English might be wishing they had finished first in their group. That would have pitted them against Ghana instead. Yet there are no guarantees in this World Cup so whether it’s Germany or Ghana or anybody else, England will have to lift their game if they hope to progress.
Wayne Rooney is attended to following his ankle injury against Bayern MunichWho knew when Fabio Capello subbed Joe Cole in for Wayne Rooney late in the match against Slovenia on Wednesday that the Manchester United star’s ankle was bothering him?
Rooney originally suffered the injury in the first leg of Manchester United’s Champions League tie with Bayern Munich at the end of March. Until then he was scoring goals almost at will. But he hasn’t been the same kind of striker since.
Nevertheless, the mere presence of Rooney on the pitch—even a less than 100% fit Rooney-- is cause for concern among opponents.
Perhaps it was best then that England fans were largely unaware of Rooney’s renewed ankle sensitivity, since panic among the faithful over their team’s malaise might have soared to new heights.
Rooney fit,…they say
Word out of South Africa now, however, is that Rooney will be fit to face Germany on Sunday in their clash at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein. This will encourage the English support and undoubtedly the team as well.
Yet Rooney was judged fit to play against USA, Algeria and Slovenia, too, yet was largely invisible in England’s first two Group C matches. He did show some encouraging glimpses of his EPL persona in England’s final group match against Slovenia. But he hasn’t yet manifested the awesome striker that England hopes for and indeed expects.
That mantle may yet fall to him, for he is a special talent. Certainly Fabio Capello suggests this to be so.
But if Rooney’s ankle continues to bother him Capello will be less happy, and may have to look to the Tottenham strike pairing of Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe for World Cup salvation.
The gangly Crouch has a surprisingly deft touch around the goal and is a commanding aerial threat. (He out-jumps opponents without so much as leaving the ground!) His 21 goals in 40 appearances for his country are proof enough that the big fellow is a worthy selection.
Defoe, on the other hand, is a pesky little poacher with drive and endeavor. Partnered with Rooney against Slovenia it was he who put England through to the knockout phase with his 23rd minute goal—his 13th in 42 appearances for England--off a perfect cross from James Milner.
Further complicating Fabio Capello’s selection process is the apparent injury to Aaron Lennon, who was benched in favor of Aston Villa’s James Milner when England met Slovenia.
It now seems likely that Milner would have gotten the call against Germany anyway. The Aston Villa man’s assist in the 1-0 victory over Slovenia was merely the highlight of his fine work on the flanks in that match.
In the rearguard West Ham’s Matthew Upson is likely to get the call to partner John Terry in the center again. Upson was brought in for the suspended Jamie Carragher (who himself had been brought in to replace the injured Ledley King) and played well against Slovenia.
King is training once again, but a start against the Germans, although undoubtedly desirable, would seem improbable.
Hey Franz,…1966 was 44 years ago. Time to get over it.
Iconic German football legend Franz Beckenbauer unveiled his contempt for the English this weekFranz Beckenbauer: Grumpy old man of German football when he suggested they were “stupid” to have finished second in Group C, thus setting up tomorrow’s clash with his countrymen. He also suggested the English were burnt out players due to the number of games the EPL teams play in the course of a season.
Yet perhaps Beckenbauer’s most withering insult was that the English play “kick and rush” football.
What better way to fire up your rivals than to disparage them?
But counseling seems to have helped and now “der Kaiser” has apologized, blaming his scorn on a “bad mood,” and claiming that it was just his disappointment in the England team’s poor performances that caused it!
Getting back to reality...
Word out the German camp is that Brazil born striker Cacau will be out of the match after pulling a stomach muscle in training. Miroslav Klose will be available again following suspension, however.
Bastian Schweinsteiger is also a concern for the England clash. Schweinsteiger’s defensive presence in midfield is surely counted upon to blunt to the enterprise of England’s attacking central midfielders, Lampard and Gerrard. Schweinsteiger is also a threat in the attack. He’ll be missed if he can’t play.
Other concerns for Germany boss Joachim Low include a back injury to Jerome Boateng and a supposed knock sustained by emergent star Mehmet Ozil. (Is it going too far to suggest that from this angle, or sometimes that, Ozil could pass for the offspring of an imaginary Marty Feldman-Peter Lorre union?)
Students of history
Germany captain Philipp Lahm thinks Germany have the advantage in a penalty kick shoot outEngland boss Capello and Germany captain Philipp Lahm share a historical perspective as they prepare to meet on Sunday.
Capello has already announced his primary penalty takers should any of the forthcoming matches end in a draw. Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, Ashley Cole and John Terry are the men named.
The boss has had the team practicing penalties regularly, in anticipation of a shoot-out. England lost to Germany on penalties in Italy in the 1990 World Cup, and in Euro 96 in England. And since England’s two most recent international competitions both ended with defeats due to penalty kicks (against Portugal in Euro 2004, and Portugal again in World Cup 2006), Capello is wise to do all he can to avoid the prospect of history repeating itself.
Lahm, on the other hand, welcomes the notion of a penalty kick battle with the English. Given the steely, shoot-out resolve shown by his own countrymen in years past, Lahm’s assumption that his side would have the upper hand due to penalty kick fragility in the collective English psyche would seem well-placed.
In truth, however, Lahm, like Capello, would welcome a win in the allotted 90 minutes.
Germany vs England Live Streams and TV Channels
Country Channels
Algeria ENTV Television Algerienne
Andorra TF1 (HD, 3D), TF1 Broadband
Angola Televisao Publica de Angola
Argentina Canal 9, Canal 7, DirecTV Latin America (HD)
Australia SBS One Australia (HD, 3D)
Austria RTL Television
Brazil SporTV Brasil (HD), ESPN HD Brasil (HD), ESPN Brasil (HD), Globo TV (HD, 3D)
Cameroon Cameroon Radio Television
Canada Societe Radio-Canada (HD, 3D), CBC Sports Live Streaming, CBC Bold (HD), Telelatino, CBC (HD, 3D)
Cape Verde Televisao de Cabo Verde
Caribbean SportsMax
Central African Republic Tele Centrafrique
Chile TVN Online, DirecTV Latin America (HD)
China China Central Television CCTV (HD), China Central Television Broadband
Congo Television Nationale Congolaise
Costa Rica Repretel - Canal 4, Canal 6, Canal 11
Ecuador DirecTV Latin America (HD)
England BBC Sport Broadband
Finland YLE Broadband
France TF1 Broadband, Canal Plus France (HD, 3D), France 2 (HD), TF1 (HD, 3D)
French Guiana TF1 (HD, 3D), TF1 Broadband
French Polynesia TF1 Broadband, TF1 (HD, 3D)
Germany ZDF, Sky Deutschland (HD), RTL Television, ARD, ZDF Broadband, ARD Broadband (HD)
Ghana Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, TV3 Ghana, Metro TV
Greece ERT Greece
Honduras Sky Latin America (HD), Televicentro Honduras
Hong Kong i-Cable Sports (HD)
India ESPN Star Sports
International FIFA.com
Ireland RTE Ireland (HD)
Italy Sky Italia (HD, 3D)
Ivory Coast Radiodiffusion Television Ivorienne
Japan SKY PerfecTV (HD, 3D)
Korea SBS Korea (HD, 3D)
Malaysia Radio Televisyen Malaysia
Mexico Sky Latin America (HD)
Middle East Al Jazeera Sports (HD, 3D), Al Jazeera Sports Broadband
Monaco TF1 Broadband, TF1 (HD, 3D)
Mozambique Televisao de Mocambique
Netherlands NOS Television Netherlands (HD)
Paraguay Canal 9 Paraguay
Peru Andina de Television (HD)
Portugal RTP Radio Televisao Portuguesa (HD, 3D), SporTV Portugal (HD)
Senegal Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise
Singapore Starhub (HD), MioTV Singtel (HD)
Slovakia Slovenska Televizia
Slovenia Radiotelevizija Slovenija (HD)
South Africa SuperSport Broadband
Thailand Thai TV3, Bangkok Broadcasting TV
Turkey TRT Turkey
UK BBC HD (HD), TalkSport Radio
Uruguay DirecTV Latin America (HD)
USA ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN (HD), ESPN3.com USA, Univision (HD), ESPN Radio, Univision Futbol (HD), Futbol de Primera Radio
Venezuela Meridiano Television
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