ANALYSIS: GERMANY VS ARGENTINA

Ooooh it's going to be a good game!!!!

Though i want Argentina to win since they are from my native South America, I think Germany will win with home field advantage...and they have been playing a really tight game.

Let's revisit their World Cup game play shall we...

The clear winner in GROUP A Germany finished the first round with 9 points.

09 Jun GER : COSTA RICA 4:2
(thus far Costa Rica has been the only team to get a single goal even in much less 2!)

Goals:

6. LAHM Philipp (6')

11. KLOSE Miroslav (17')

11. KLOSE Miroslav (61')

8. FRINGS Torsten (87')

14 Jun GER : POLAND 1:0

Goals:

10. NEUVILLE Oliver (91+')

20 Jun GER : ECUADOR 3:0

Goals:

11. KLOSE Miroslav (4')

11. KLOSE Miroslav (44')

20. PODOLSKI Lukas (57')

NEXT...in the sweet sixteen, they played a tough game against Sweden...taking 26 shots on goal versus Sweden's sad 5. Sweden played a dirtier game (what with all those dirty hot boys...grrrawwhhh) with 4 fouls to Germany's 1 and Swede Teddy Lucic was redcarded out of the game.

24 Jun GER : SWEDEN 2:0

Goals:

20. PODOLSKI Lukas (4')

20. PODOLSKI Lukas (12')

Okay...that said...we see some patterns here. KLOSE (11) and PODOLSKI (20) are the ones to watch-- they play an amazing technical game and tend to set up each other's shots on goal.

MIROSLAV KLOSE...though he does nothing for me downstairs, this is one of those softer spoken "nice guys" that your mother would want you to marry. I gotta give it to him...he does have extraordinary talent...and has managed to score 4 goals- the top scorer this WC. Mark my words....the finals will be all about him and Ronaldo.

Personal information
Date of birth	9 June 1978
Place of birth	Opole, Poland
Height	1.82m (6 ft)
Club information
Current club	Werder Bremen
Position	Striker
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1999–2004 2004–present	FC Kaiserslautern Werder Bremen	120 (44) 57 (40)
National team**
2001–present	Germany	58 (28)

His POLISH...yeah, Polish (guess Poland is to Germany in soccer what Mexico is to the US) pal LUKAS PODOLSKI is at least much easier on the eyes. The youngin is Germany's golden boy and we can expect to see him at the next WC.

Personal information
Date of birth	4 June 1985
Place of birth	Gliwice, Poland
Height	1.80 m
Nickname	Prinz Poldi
Club information
Current club	Bayern Munich
Position	Striker
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2003-2006 2006-	1. FC Köln FC Bayern Munich	81 (46)
National team**
2004-	Germany	29 (15)

Okay...now ARGENTINA

Thus far they are playing a good game but in what i saw against Mexico...i would not call it great.

10 Jun ARG : Cote D'Ivoire 2:1 (2:0)
Goals:

9. CRESPO Hernan (24')

7. SAVIOLA Javier (38')

16 Jun ARG : SERBIA 6:0 (3:0)

18. RODRIGUEZ Maxi (6')

5. CAMBIASSO Esteban (31')

18. RODRIGUEZ Maxi (41')

9. CRESPO Hernan (78')

11. TEVEZ Carlos (84')

19. MESSI Lionel (88')

21 Jun ARG : NETHERLANDS 0:0 (tied)


24 Jun ARG : MEXICO 2:1 a.e.t (1:1, 1:1)

9. CRESPO Hernan (10')

18. RODRIGUEZ Maxi (98')

Again some patterns here...HERMAN CRESPO (ARG's highest paid player earning about $4.8 million--Italy's Lazio shelled out $55million in transfer fees to get him from Parma in 2000) and MAXI RODRIGUEZ...BUT another one to watch is JAVIER SAVIOLA.

Personal information
Full name	Hernán Jorge Crespo
Date of birth	July 5, 1975
Place of birth	Florida, Argentina
Height	184 cm (6ft 1 in)
Nickname	"Valdanito"
Club information
Current club	Chelsea
Position	Centre Forward Striker
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1993-1996 1996-2000 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-	River Plate Parma Lazio Inter Milan Chelsea AC Milan Chelsea	64 (23) 116 (62) 54 (39) 18 (7) 19 (10) 29 (11) 30 (10)
National team**
1995-	Argentina	57 (31)

Maxi Rodríguez

Personal information
Full name	Maximiliano Rubén Rodríguez
Date of birth	2 January 1981
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Height	180 cm
Nickname	La Fiera (The Fierce One)
Club information
Current club	Atlético de Madrid
Position	Midfielder

Javier Saviola

Personal information
Full name	Javier Pedro Saviola
Date of birth	December 11, 1981
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Nickname	Conejo (Rabbit)
Club information
Current club	Sevilla FC
Position	Forward
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1998–01 2001–04 2004–05 2005–06	River Plate Barcelona Monaco Sevilla	76 (44) 105 (47) 29 (7) 29 (9)
National team**
2000–present	Argentina	33 (10)

SIDE NOTE: One player to also watch is Lionel Messi...the youngest FC Barca player who is often called a young Maradona. It will be interesting to see if he is used in the starting line or as a sub later in the game.

ALL IN ALL as far as hotties go...my vote is for Argentina!