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Germany v Brazil #GermanyVsBrazil2014 Prediction +GERvsBRA2014

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IT'S the SEMI-FINAL of SEMI FINAL's (Preview, Prediction & links to other articles) + Link to Preview of #ArgentinavsHolland

      22HOO CAF/CET 8 July 2014

#Brazil #BRA

 

#Germany #GER

 

 

I said in an earlier posting on this blog, if you want to have a world war, you have to invite the Germans, and similarly,  a World Cup semi-without the Germans is unthinkable.

Yes, Brazil, have 5 World Cup Titles to Germany's 3, but they do not have Germany's superb record of consistent excellence.: I quote from an earlier blog.

 

 "17 Appearances in World Cup Finals. 3 Wins

• 4 Times Runners UP
• 3rd place on 4 occasions
• 222 goals in World Cup Finals (prior to 2014), More than any other side in the world

• Even Brazil, with 5 World Cups, and Italy with 4, have no answer to Germany's record at World Cup Finals.
• Germany have only once failed to reach the last eight in their 17 previous World Cup appearances. That came in 1938, when they were knocked out in the first round by Switzerland after a replay. "

No nation comes close to Germany's record of consistency at World Cups.

It doesn't seem to matter whether Germany turn up to the World Cup with a team regarded as capable of winning the trophy, or with a team regarded as below-par, they still seem to take their "reserved" place in the quarters or semi's with monotonous regularity.

Since their last win, in 1990, Germany have only gone on to make the final once - in 2002 when they lost to Brazil.

 

Whatever it is that the Germans have which reserves their place in the last rounds of the world cup, (depth? talent? discipline?  healthy senior and junior league domestic leagues), the opponents they have then encountered, particularly after 1990, have managed to prevent Germany from adding a fourth star to their shirts.

 

HEAD TO HEAD 12-3

Brazil will be aware of Germany's tournament record. But they will focus instead on Germany's more recent lack of achievement from this stage of the competition onwards. In addition, the head to head record between the two countries favours Brazil by some margin:

 

Brazil have won 12 of their 20 games, Germany have won only 3

 

 

As stated above, their last #WorldCup encounter was in the 2002 final and Brazil won that by 2 goals to nil. That said, the 2002 German team was widely considered below par by German standards, and little was expected of them in Germany itself.

 

It's not clear why Germany's record against Brazil is so poor. Other European sides like Italy and France are almost on a par head to head. France lead Brazil 3-1 in victories at the World Cup. It has been suggested that perhaps Germany approach matches with Brazil with an abundance of caution instead of playing their natural game.

 

3 factors favouring a Brazil win:

Whatever the case, these are the factors which do not operate in Germany's favour for Tuesday's match:

• Brazil have home ground advantage. Yes, this can be turned on its head if the visiting side start well. It could silence the crowd. The weight of expectation of home fans can be turned into pressure by visitors. Ultimately, however, you just have to look at the World Cup History to see how often the winners have won the title in front of home crowds.

 

• Brazil's record over Germany should give them a psychological edge.

• Germany's record in the semi-finals of the last two world cups, and the European Championship two years ago, suggests that they may be vulnerable to pressure at the final hurdle.

Factors which could favour Germany

• Germany have a well balanced team, full of depth, experience and discipline. Although, only their game against Portugal demonstrates as much at this World Cup, Germany are superb on Defence and on Attack. Their counter-attack is lethal.

 

• Germany arguably have the best goalkeeper at the World Cup: Manual Neuer. (See link to Article below)

This pic is a humorous look at the line up for the National Anthems....   FRAvsNEUER....

 
• Germany's Thomas Müller, although a midfielder, is one of the leading scorers at this year's world cup and is in dangerous form. He and highly experienced striker Miroslav Klose, are two of the many Germans capable of scoring and exploiting Brazil's defence, which some have described as average. Germany have many players capable of finding spaces in the Brazilian midfield and defence.

 

• Germany are capable of scoring early, and if they repeat what they did in 2010, where they defeated England 4-1 & Argentina by 4-0, they could, instead of defending that lead, follow up with a lighting fast second goal. That could silence the crowd and reverse home ground advantage.
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•  Brazil are without their chief striker, Neymar (injured) and Thiago Silva, their inspirational Captain. 

 

• Germany showed what they are capable of in the 2010 World Cup, but peaked to early. They have certainly not set this World Cup alight with anything close to that form. Since most of the players from 2010 are all still there, this more experienced side may well step up a gear, particularly on attack.  

• Germany are well-drilled and dangerous from set-pieces play. Their ability to score from free-kicks and corners could make the difference in a tight match.

 

All in all, I believe that, despite home ground advantage, the scales are slightly tipped in Germany's favour for this encounter.

 

 PREDICTION: Germany will win by 2 goals to 1 in regular time.  #GERvsBRA +GERvBRA #GermanyVSBrazil2014

 

 

 Siegfried Walther 06 July 2014

Other articles:
GERMANY HAPPY WITH OZIL'S WIDER ROLE
http://au.eurosport.com/football/germany-happy-with-ozil-s-wider-role_sto4316390/story.shtml

"CORTANA" APPARENTLY MORE ACCURATE THAN PAUL THE OCTOPUS. PREDICTS WINS FOR GERMANY & ARGENTINA
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fifa-world-cup-2014-germany-will-beat-brazil-argentina-will-best-netherlands-semi-finals-1455518

NEUER LAUDED AS WORLD'S BEST GOALKEEPER

http://gulfnews.com/sport/football/brazil-2014/group-g/fifa-world-cup-2014-germany-s-manuel-neuer-lauded-as-world-s-best-goalkeeper-1.1356565

ALL FALLING INTO PLACE FOR RUTHLESS GERMANS

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/worldcup/brazil-vs-germany-world-cup-2014-match-preview-its-all-falling-into-place-for-ruthless-germans-9587177.html

See also link on this blog to: Pilot with guide dog....
http://siegfriedwalther.blogspot.com/2014/06/pilots-white-sticks-guide-dogs-jokes.html

ANOTHER 2-1 PREDICTION IN FAVOUR OF GERMANY
http://www.tsmplug.com/news/brazil-vs-germany-preview-lineups/

Brazil v Germany Fivesee
http://fivesee.com/2014/06/4035/brazil-vs-germany-fifa-world-cup-semifinals-2014.html

Tried to find a pundit favouring Brazil, so far no luck. Brazil, fans, please post a link in the Comments if you wish. Let's hear from you. But in the meantime, just to show some lack of bias, here's a prediction from a very good friend of mind who lives in Aussie:

Willem Kilian 2-1 Brazil (sorry Sieg) :D

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Argentina v Holland - let's not forget the other cracker of a semi-final..
http://fivesee.com/2014/07/4074/argentina-vs-holland-fifa-world-cup-semifinals-2014.html

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Top-125 DJ @SG_Walther Playlist chart 06 July 2014 #Top-40 #hitlist

DJ @SG_WALTHER TOP 125		05 July 2014
songs arranged alphabetically per playlist ranking
Highest	Song	Artist
	Top 10 Playlist
Top 10	Am I Wrong	Nico & Vinz
Top 10	Brand New Day Radio Mix	Kodaline
Top 10	Ghost	Ella Henderson
Top 10	Glow In the Dark	The Wanted
Top 10	Ink	Coldplay
Top 10	Lift Off (feat. Pharrell)	Conor Maynard
Top 10	Midnight	Coldplay
Top 10	My Love	Route 94 / Jess Glynne
Top 10	One	Ed Sheeran
Top 10	One more day	Example
Top 10	Solo Dancing	Indiana
Top 10	Teenage Dirtbag	Mighty Little
Top 10	The Big Bang	Katy Tiz
Top 10	Waves (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)	Mr. Probz
	Top 25 Playlist
Top 25	Chocolate	The 1975
Top 25	Cool Kids	Echosmith
Top 10	Dust Clears	Clean Bandit
Top 10	Friend Crush	Friends
Top 10	Hold On, We're Going Home	Drake
Top 25	If U Got It (Radio Edit)	Chris Malinchak
Top 10	Latch (feat. Sam Smith)	Disclosure
Top 25	Magic	Coldplay
Top 10	My Love	jj
Top 25	Please Forgive Me	The Pierces
Top 10	Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)	Clean Bandit
Top 25	So Good To Me Original Mix	Chris Malinchak
Top 10	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille
Top 10	Trying to Be Cool	Phoenix
Top 25	What I Might Do (Radio Edit)	Ben Pearce
	Top 40 Playlist
Top 40	24 Hours	Sky Ferreira
Top 25	A Sky Full of Stars	Coldplay
Top 40	Always In My Head	Coldplay
Top 10	Animal	Conor Maynard
Top 40	Back and Forth	Operator Please
Top 10	Can't Say No	Conor Maynard
Top 10	Counting Stars	OneRepublic
Top 10	Fall For You (feat. April)	Kings of Tomorrow
Top 40	Happy (from "Despicable Me 2")	Pharrell Williams
Top 40	Here for you	Gorgon City
Top 40	Hideaway	Kiesza
Top 10	I Got U (feat. Jax Jones)	Duke Dumont
Top 10	I’ll Show You	Alexander Rybak & Paula Seling
Top 10	Invisible	FM Attack
Top 25	My Head Is a Jungle (Radio Edit)	Wankelmut & Emma Louise
Top 25	Of The Night	Bastille
Top 25	Private Road	Bent
Top 40	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People
Top 40	Rude	MAGIC!
Top 25	Self Machine	I Blame Coco
Top 40	Shooting Star	Owl City
Top 40	Slave to the Rhythm	Michael Jackson
Top 40	Team	Lorde
Top 40	Treasure	Bruno Mars
Top 40	Veil	Samantha James
	Top 80 Playlist
Top 25	All Around the World	Justin Bieber
Top 40	All Bad	Justin Bieber
Top 80	Another's Arms	Coldplay
Top 40	Aviation High	Semi Precious Weapons
Top 10	Back to Love (feat. Jay Sean)	DJ Pauly D
Top 80	Battlescars Galactica	Arno Carstens
Top 80	Bloodstream	Ed Sheeran
Top 40	Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell)	Robin Thicke
Top 80	Chain My Name	POLIÇA
Top 80	Cool	Le Youth
Top 80	Curse Curse	James
Top 80	Destination	Nickle Creek
Top 10	Get Lucky (Radio Edit)	Daft Punk
Top 10	Good Morning, Sunshine	Shortstraw
Top 40	Hello	Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Top 80	History (feat. Will Young)	Groove Armada
Top 10	If I Lose Myself	OneRepublic
Top 40	Kemosabe	Everything Everything
Top 80	Leave Me Alone	Alexander Rybak
Top 40	Look Right Through	Storm Queen & MK
Top 40	Love Never Felt So Good	Michael Jackson
Top 40	Miss Jackson (feat. LOLO)	Panic! At the Disco
Top 80	Money On My Mind	Sam Smith
Top 10	Moon Boots	The Script
Top 80	My Silver Lining	First Aid Kit
Top 10	Need U (100%) Original Mix	Duke Dumont feat. A*M*E
Top 10	One More Night	Maroon 5
Top 25	Pompeii	Bastille
Top 80	Reflektor	Arcade Fire
Top 80	Reminder	Travis
Top 25	Scream & Shout (ft. Britney Spears)	will.i.am
Top 40	She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)	David Guetta
Top 80	Sideways	Wrabel
Top 80	Six Degrees Of Separation	The Script
Top 10	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye / Kimbra
Top 80	Summer	Calvin Harris
Top 40	The Answer	Josh Kumra
Top 80	The Fox (Extended Mix)	Ylvis
Top 80	There Is No Reward (2010 Remake)	Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
Top 25	This Is What It Feels Like	Armin van Buuren
Top 40	Two Fingers	Jake Bugg
Top 10	We Are the People	Empire of the Sun
Top 80	Why Does the Wind?	Tracey Thorn
Top 80	Wild Heart	The Vamps
	Top 125 Playlist
Top 40	A Love Bizarre	Monrose
Top 80	Afterglow	Wilkinson
Top 125	All of Me	John Legend
Top 125	Angels	The xx
Top 10	Atlas	Coldplay
Top 80	Boom Boom (Heartbeat)	Ray Foxx
Top 125	Bottoms Up	Brantley Gilbert
Top 25	Brokenhearted	Karmin
Top 80	Brokenhearted No Rap Version	Lawson
Top 125	Call	Francesco Yates
Top 125	Can We Dance Radio Edit	The Vamps
Top 80	Change Me	Justin Bieber
Top 40	Diamonds	Rihanna
Top 10	Don't You Worry Child	Swedish House Mafia
Top 125	Extraordinary	Clean Bandit
Top 80	Flatline	Justin Bieber
Top 25	Future This	The Big Pink
Top 80	Glowing	The Script
Top 80	In My Mind	Georgi Kay
Top 125	Ishq Da Rogh	SK-1
Top 25	La La La	Naughty Boy / Sam Smith
Top 40	Little Things	One Direction
Top 25	Little Too Much	Natasha Bedingfield
Top 25	Nightcall	Kavinsky
Top 125	Nothing Arrived	Villagers
Top 80	Paper Skies	Fetish
Top 10	Reload (Vocal Version / Radio Edit)	Sebastian Ingrosso
Top 25	Roller Coaster	Justin Bieber
Top 40	Royals	Lorde
Top 25	Save Me	Gotye
Top 40	Seven Nation Army	Marcus Collins
Top 125	Strong (Edit)	London Grammar
Top 40	Till The World Ends	Britney Spears
Top 125	True Love	Coldplay
Top 40	Turn Around (feat. Ne-Yo)	Conor Maynard
Top 25	Vegas Girl	Conor Maynard
Top 80	Wake Me Up Radio Edit	Avicii
Top 125	Walking On a Dream	Empire of the Sun
Top 40	What Makes You Beautiful	One Direction
Top 125	Wings	HAERTS
Top 40	You & I	One Direction
Top 25	Young and Beautiful	Lana Del Rey