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Germany vs Belgium Match Preview
Belgium plays Germany in Düsseldorf in a bid to take the play-off berth to qualify for Euro 2012.
The Germans opened their campaign by beating Belgium.
Belgium has players in their squad who regularly play with or oppose the players in the German squad. Daniel Van Buyten of Bayern, Timmy Simmons of Nuremberg and Igor De Camargo of Mönchengladbach are the players I am referring to.
David Hubert and Jelle Vossen both had to withdraw due to illness and injury respectively when the squad was named initially. Gaby Mudingayi of Bologna had to be called up as a result.
In the 59th minute in Brussels on Friday, the Kazakh Nurtas Kurgulin was sent off. This mattered little in the context of the result. Belgium was already 3-0 up by then courtesy of goals from Timmy Simmons, Eden Hazard and Vincent Kompany.
Marvin Ogunjimi added another goal to complete the demolition. The Kazakhs got one goal back through a penalty, making the score-line slightly more respectable in the process. In another group match that night, Germany beat Turkey, 1-3, in Istanbul.
Belgium is the only team to have held Germany to just one goal so far. In the first match-day in the group, Germany needed in excess of fifty minutes to break down the Belgians. Miroslav Klose scored the lone goal of the match to get Germany underway.
Whether Klose as well as Mesut Özil will feature on Tuesday is questionable. Neither of the players featured on Friday. In-fact, neither player was included in the squad to play Turkey. Klose’s chances of playing are very small indeed as he is recovering from a knee injury.
Jerome Boateng seems to have taken over the right-back slot. The calls for the national coach to call Andreas Beck haven’t ended. Beck is a natural right-back unlike most of the players Loew plays in that role. Speaking of Boateng, the German is doubtful for Tuesday.
Another role Loew is seemingly undecided on is the slot next to Bastian Schweinsteiger in defensive midfield. In the absence of Sami Khedira, Toni Kroos and Simon Rolfes featured there. Kroos was very convincing. Kroos was also not part of the squad on Friday due to flu and might return to the starting line-up against Belgium. He returns to the squad for Tuesday.
Schweinsteiger is not a 100% fit and might miss out. Ilkay Guendogan has been called up to the squad. Mario Goetze has been sent home considering Dortmund has an important game against Werder Bremen on Friday night in the Bundesliga.
Considering that Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm have played consistently for Bayern and Germany in the past few months, these two stars deserve a rest. However, Loew has ensured that he will pay respect to the Turks and Belgians as they still have something to play for in order to ensure that the qualification process is fair.
These are the squads for the match:
Germany:
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern München), Tim Wiese (SV Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96).
Defenders: Dennis Aogo (Hamburger SV), Jerome Boateng (FC Bayern München), Holger Badstuber (FC Bayern München), Benedikt Höwedes (FC Schalke 04), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal FC), Christian Träsch (VfL Wolfsburg).
Midfielders: Ilkay Guendogan (Borussia Dortmund), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid CF), Toni Kroos (FC Bayern München), Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München), Lukas Podolski (1. FC Köln), Mesut Özil (Real Madrid CF), Marco Reus (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach), Simon Rolfes (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), André Schürrle (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern München).
Forwards: Mario Gomez (FC Bayern München), Miroslav Klose (S.S. Lazio), Cacau (VfB Stuttgart).
Belgium:
Goalkeepers: Simon Mignolet (Sunderland AFC), Thibaut Courtois (Club Atlético de Madrid), Olivier Renard (KV Mechelen).
Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (AFC Ajax), Laurent Ciman (R. Standard de Liège), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City FC), Nicolas Lombaerts (FC Zenit Saint Petersburg), Sébastien Pocognoli (R. Standard de Liège), Daniel Van Buyten (FC Bayern München), Jan Vertonghen (AFC Ajax).
Midfielders: Moussa Dembélé (Fulham FC), Steven Defour (FC Porto), Marouane Fellaini (Everton FC), Eden Hazard (LOSC Lille Métropole), Dries Mertens (PSV Eindhoven), Vadis Odjidja (Club Brugge KV), Timmy Simons (1. FC Nürnberg), Axel Witsel (SL Benfica), Gaby Mudingayi (Bologna FC).
Forwards: Igor De Camargo (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach), Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea FC), Marvin Ogunjimi (KRC Genk), Björn Vleminckx (Club Brugge KV)
Germany vs Belgium Match Report
With a partly make-shift line-up, Germany beat Belgium 3-1 in what was mostly a one-sided contest.
Gomez was on the score-sheet again.
As far as the line-up is concerned, Toni Kroos as predicted replaced the weary Bastian Schweinsteiger. Mats Hummels replaced Holger Badstuber while Benedikt Höwedes replaced another Bayern star, Jerome Boateng. Mesut Özil took over from the agile Mario Götze. Andre Schürrle came in for Lukas Podolski.
The first goal was an absolutely magnificent one. As is often the case with wonderful goals, the scorer was Özil. Kroos’s corner landed to Sami Khedira who eventually found Özil. Özil’s shot swerved into the back of the net. Germany is one of the best counter-attacking sides. Unsurprisingly, the second came from a counter-attack.
Belgium had done well to snuff out the counter-attacks until that point. The goal was a simple one. Özil passed to Mario Gomez in Germany’s half. Gomez passed to Andre Schürrle. Schürrle scored with what can be best described as a chip. The match was over when in-fact the game hadn’t reached the 40th minute.
In the second half, Germany made sure that even the slightest hopes of a draw were demolished. Özil set up Gomez who scored a wonder goal from outside the box. These kinds of goals are a rarity for the Bayern München man who is brimming with confidence after a blockbuster season last time out and a great start to the current season.
Belgium still tried to score. In the final third, Joachim Loew introduced Marco Reus for his debut in a Germany shirt. Ilkay Guendogan also came on for his first appearance for the national side. Cacau replaced Gomez as well. Late in the match, when Germany seemed content to just sit back rather than launch meaningful attacks, Marouane Fellaini scored one for the Belgians.
The stand-out performers of the night defensively were Hummels and Khedira. Hummels was so confident. He made a mistake or two but largely produce a neat performance. Loew has to introduce Hummels as a permanent starter in the national side sooner or later. This is one gifted defender that Loew has under his belt.
Mueller played well as well. Özil was perhaps the man of the match considering he played a part in all three goals by scoring one, assisting one and starting the move for another.
Turkey beat Azerbaijan in other results in the group by a solitary goal from Burak Yilmaz. As a result, Germany qualifies with 30 out of 30 points from the group while Turkey heads to the play-offs as the runner-up from the group. Belgium can now look ahead to World Cup qualifiers as their journey comes to an end.
One banner summed up the mood in the German campaign. The banner read ‘One team- One goal- Final Kiev 2012’. After a blockbuster qualifying campaign, few people would bet against this goal being realized.
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