England vs Germany has been called the greatest rivalry in soccer. The two get set to battle, Sunday June 27, in the knockout round in the FIFA World Cup 2010. Of their 27 meetings, England leads with 12 wins with five ending in a draw. World Cup oddsmakers at BODOG.com have England as slim +155 moneyline favorites over Germany (+180) with a DRAW at (+210). Be sure to get your England vs Germany 2010 World Cup Predictions Round of 16 Odds in now at BODOG.com
England has made it through, but not in a brilliant fashion. They drew 1-1 with USA in their opener, drew 0-0 to Algeria and beat Slovenia 1-0 to finish second in Group C. They showed an inability to transfer their displays on the training pitch into high-pressure situations. “Confidence is really important, particularly here at the World Cup,” Capello said. “Without confidence, it’s impossible to go forward. If you play with fear, it’s impossible to play well, it’s impossible to score goals and it’s impossible to find the mentality you need to defend well. Whenever you play in a tournament like this, you have to be compact; you have to be really, really strong as a unit. The players have always trained well, but they have been more relaxed after the win. They have always trained like England and now a few days ago [against Slovenia] they played like England.
Germany opened with a crushing 4-0 win over Australia, but lost to Serbia 1-0 and beat Ghana 1-0 to book their knockout with England. Germany said Saturday a final decision on whether influential midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger would play against England; it would be made on match day. Bayern Munich star Schweinsteiger has been suffering from a hamstring strain as well as a back muscle injury during their 1-0 win over Ghana.
It would be a terrible mistake to underestimate England just because they had a few problems in their group. They will raise their game for the knockout matches. They may well be saying: ‘Our tournament starts for real now’. So we need to be very cautious. We’ll focus completely on them as we prepare over the next few days. We have no need to be in awe, and we certainly have no reason to fear them. We respect them of course, but we’re not afraid. We’ll be studying videos of their recent games, we’ll analyse their strengths and weaknesses, and we’ll prepare accordingly. Obviously you’ve got to be wary of Wayne Rooney up front, and they have Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in midfield. These are good players, and we’ll need to be on our guard.
England vs Germany
When: Sunday, June 27- 10:00 PM ET
Line: BODOG.com
Pick: England +155
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