Prediction for today

Germany 2 - Costa Rica 0
Poland 0 - Ecuador 1

Despite missing Ballack I still belive that the Mannschaft should not have any problems coasting by Costa Rica. Questions have been raised about Germany's back line especially after the friendly with Japan not too long ago. If history has shown anything it is that the German's when their backs to the wall, perform the best, one only has to remember the 1954 squad that were grossly underrated against the might of the Hungarians, only to come out vanquishing and of course the 2002 team which again had huge questions being raised over their heads.

The last outing of both Ecuador and Poland were not very impressive, as both crashed out in the first round and finishing with a win each and being placed at the bottom of their group tables. Ecuador did impress more I feel as they defeated a strong Croatia, who amazingly had beaten the giants Italy, in lieu of this fact I have placed my faith in Ecuador.