Germany vs England – Match Preview
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England will meet an old foe in Germany when both teams confront each other in their Round of 16 clash at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein tonight.
The Three Lions stumbled out of their group finishing second behind the USA with two uninspiring draws against the Americans and Algeria before finally finding the correct formula in seeing off Slovenia, 1-0, courtesy of a solitary strike by Jermain Defoe.
Throughout too many times in this tournament however, England has looked like a team with too many chiefs and not enough indians failing to produce the cohesive brand of football that is needed to be considered as serious contenders to win its second FIFA World Cup.
For Germany, it started with a bang thrashing Australia, 4-0, and everyone thought the Germans had the ingredients to go far in the competition with its first-up stirring performance.
Yet, since then, Die Nationalmannschaft’s World Cup campaign has stuttered with a narrow 1-0 defeat to Serbia and a lifeless 1-0 victory over Ghana leaving them with unanswered questions about who will scores the goals up front for the Germans.
With the two countries developing an enmity loaded with plenty of drama over the course of the FIFA World Cup, this clash sees the two teams that met in the 1966 final and 1990 semi-final reignite hostilities in the latest edition of a long-standing rivalry that is sure to deliver on the big stage.
Kick-off commences at 00:00 (AEST) on Monday 28 June.
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