I watched Germany against Sweden. Their result against them sounds impressive but Sweden were in a similar position to us when we played the Dutch - they were missing all their key players. In addition, they didn't have their first choice centre halves available for that game and it showed - they were all over the place and at fault for the goals. Sweden also tried out a new formation in that match and I think it's fair to say they won't be using that formation again.
Realistically Germany should have the better of us - but I don't think it's going to be clear cut. We have a number of decent players of our own who would get into that German side. Personally I think Given, Finnan, Dunne, Duff and Keane would be first choice players with them if they were German. And looking at their centre halves for tonight's match, I think Keane and Doyle are going to cause them plenty of problems (if we can get the ball to them). I don't rate Germany right-full too highly and if Duff can play the way we know he can, that's an area we can exploit over and over again. The more I think of our chances, the more optimistic I become. The odds are too good not to fancy placing a bet on an Irish win.
for todays game, my heart says 1-0 to us, but head says germany 2-0.
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