Joachim Low’s side are looking to leave the 2012 European championships’ disappointments behind them as they start the 2014 World Cup qualifying against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Faroe-Islands-c2896 on Friday, September 7, at the AWD Arena in Hanover.
Die Mannschaft will be competing against the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kazakhstan-c2931 in Group C. The side secured a perfect qualification to the 2012 European championships after they won all
ten of their allotted games.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904
The DFB-Eleven are currently second on the FIFA rankings behind http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 and are considered one of the best teams in the world. The team started the Euro 2012 brilliantly with three wins in the three group games. Joachim Low’s side
won the ‘Group of Death’ which had the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884.
The Germans defeated http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926. They were certainly the favourites to win the competition, but the semi-final curse struck again.
Faroe Islands
Lars Olsen’s team is ranked 153rd in the world and are arguably Group C’s weakest team. They have lost four of the last five games played with the only win coming against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Estonia-c2894 in June last year in the 2012 European
championship qualifier.
The side has scored three goals in the last five games and have conceded a staggering 10 times in the process. They will be looking to minimise the margin of defeat against a very good German side in the game at Hannover.
Team News
Die Mannschaft will be without the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bastian-Schweinsteiger-c7374 and Mario Gomez. Schweinsteiger has been rested after a hectic season and has been given time to find his form whereas Mario Gomez is currently out with an ankle
injury.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miroslav-Klose-c26049 is expected to lead the attack for the Germans.
The away side has no major injury concerns at the moment. Jakup Mikkelsen, Faroe Islands’ goalkeeper, is expected to make way for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gunnar-Nielsen-c15377 in the game against Germany whereas Joan Simun Edmundsson will lead the attack.
Players to watch
Miroslav Klose has a perfect opportunity to prove his point to Joachim Low in the absence of Mario Gomez. The Bayern Munich attacker was preferred to Klose in the European championships, but the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775 striker now has a great chance
to score goals against a weak Faroe Islands side.
Frodi Benjaminsen will be the man to watch out for the away side. The skipper has immense experience at the international stage with 69 caps to his name. He will have to make sure that the Germans do not control the game with a
strong performance in the centre of the park.
Prediction
The home side should win this fixture easily. They will be looking to bring a smile to faces of the supporters with a goal fest. Joachim Low would definitely go for a big win so that the players regain the confidence for the subsequent
fixtures in the group. Expect a lot of goals in this game from the hosts. Bettor.com predicts a
5-0 win for the DFB Eleven with Miroslav Klose scoring a hat-trick.
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