Uruguay vs Germany 2010 World Cup Predictions & Odds: Perhaps the most difficult task Germany and Uruguay face at 2010 FIFA World Cup is having to take to the pitch one more time after being eliminated in the semifinal round earlier this week. Of course it’s predicted that national pride will take over and the two sides will play to their best when they meet Saturday in the Third Place Game in Port Elizabeth.
World Cup oddmakers at Bodog.com list Germany the favorite by -1 with a posted match total of 3. Uruguay backers are getting +350 odds on the Bodog moneyline while Germany is giving -140. Those wagering for a Draw at the end of regulation time are getting +300 odds.
Germany’s coach Joachim Loew is promising his disappointed players will be in the right form of mind and ready to win on Saturday versus Uruguay.
"I'm certain we will go into the match with the necessary focus. No one needs to hang their heads low and we want to have a good final match," said Loew, whose team thrashed widely fancied England and Argentina in the knockout stages.
History will not favor two time World Cup winners Uruguay in this match after fourth place finishes the last two times they reached the semi-finals, losing out in the playoff to Austria in 1954 and the Germans in 1970.
Germany’s finished third on three occasions and lost the playoff only once in 1958, to France.
Two players central to the German and Uruguayan marches through the knockout stages will be available again after suspensions that weighed heavily on both teams in the semis.
Attacking midfielder Thomas Mueller was sorely missed by the Germans on Wednesday and will likely start, as will Uruguay striker Luis Suarez, whose handball on the goal line late in the match against Ghana helped put his team in the last four.
Uruguay, who lost 3-2 to the Dutch after a last-gasp fight back, could be without in-form marksman Diego Forlan on Saturday because of a thigh problem sustained in the semi-final.
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