Germany and Spain go head-to-head in the second semi-final, Wednesday July 7, where there’ll be at least one European representative in the Final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. These two sides have faced each other in three FIFA World Cup matches. Germany has yet to lose, winning 2-1 at England 1966 and Spain 1982 and forcing a 1-1 draw at USA 1994. Spain beat Germany 1-0 during EURO 2008. World Cup oddsmakers at BODOG.com have the Spain as slim +155 moneyline favorites over Germany (+170) with a DRAW at (+225). Be sure to get your Germany vs Spain 2010 World Cup Predictions Semi-Finals Odds in now at BODOG.com
Germany has been winning new fans with their adventurous approach after destroying their competition. “Germany have never played like this before,” said an admiring Kaiser after his compatriots had seen off Argentina in the last eight. No team has scored more goals in the tournament than Germany’s 13. After putting four past Australia in the group phase, they clicked into top gear in the Round of 16, overwhelming England 4-1 with their rapid counter-attacking style and then put another four past Argentina in the quarters. They made Argentina look like chumps. Coach Joachim Low’s only problem is to find a replacement for the suspended Thomas Muller, with Piotr Trochowski, Toni Kroos and Cacau all in the frame. German forward Miroslav Klose needs to find the back of the net one more time to draw level with Brazil’s Ronaldo as the leading goalscorer in FIFA World Cup finals history with 15 goals . One more and he’s a definite contender for the Adidas Golden Boot award.
“Spain are the favourites to my mind and their team play is just amazing. They don’t have one Messi, they have several, and they don’t make many mistakes either, unlike England and Argentina. We need to force them to make errors,” Joachim Low, Germany coach.
Spain has struggled at times to produce the same majestic football that swept them to the European title. Spain has done more attacking than anyone, but they managed just six goals with one loss. All indications are that Coach Vicente del Bosque will keep faith with the 11 players that started against Paraguay, which means a reprieve for the misfiring Fernando Torres, who has yet to score. David Villa is the leading marksman at South Africa 2010 with five of his country’s six goals , the Spanish striker is just one away from joining Raul as La Roja’s top scorer of all time. Cesc Fabregas added: "I don't mind if Germany are favourites. If they want to be favourites, we will accept that. We just want to play the game, we want to be a strong team, we want to beat them, and we want to reach the final. We are proud of what we have achieved so far but we want to go all the way. We are very excited about the semi-final. It is the first time in our history we have reached the World Cup semi-final so we will try to do well in it."
“We haven’t come this far to finish fourth. We are going to fight hard against Germany to reach the Final, which is our one and only objective. We’ve reached a landmark for Spanish football by getting past the quarter-finals, but we know the Germany match is the most important in our history, even more so than the EURO 2008 final in Austria,” Iker Casillas, Spain goalkeeper and captain.
Germany vs Spain
When: Wednesday, July 7- 2:30 AM ET
Line: BODOG.com
Pick: Germany +170
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